The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-06-25
INTENSIVE TAX
DRIVE IN STATE
Federal Deputies to See
That Luxury Levies
Are Being Paid

An Intensive tax drive for The coi-
lection of delinquent sales aud mis-
~ceifanoous taxes In New Measco viii
be opened nex week by Carl A..
Hatch. collector 81 Internal revenue.
The drive win last two months, y
!. D. Hanna. chief field deputy. n
spending the wee In training the
district deputies Ia the work 40 they
WI be- prepared % conduct the drive
IN their %countes. The district depu-
ties are ~ NJ Niece. Roswell as
tfict. william n. Nichols. Clovis dis
trict; j. y. Whitmorc. Tucumcarl
district: T. j. brooks. Albuquerque
district; Edward W. Hayes. Oallup
district and u. r.. Thecde, DeminE
district. The men viii lcaye for their
special fields the first OF the week.
The drive IN New Mexico A. to be-
only o part OF a nation wide cam
paiEn being staged hy the bureau Of
internal revenue az Washington. The
miscellaneous taxes on which par
ucular attention b. given includes the
%so-called luxury ttA. the soft drink
tax, the admission taN, b manufac-
turcr's tax. the tax ON ieweiry and
works of art aud the tax on toilet
articles and proprietary medicines.
Reports OF mXity on the part OF
dealers ana other persons re-
sponsibfe Tor the return aud coiiec-
ton OF these taxes have reached The
bureau OF Internal revenue from
many sources. according 10 Mr.
Hatch.
To remedy this condition. said
Mr. Hatch, Commissioner william
NJ. Williams has assigned 10 the
work of Investigation lT5 special
rcvcnuc officers. These men win
compos" flying s~qundrons which win
NAslf RNgfk Iuru4 din ia Tho 1HuHHAI
States. cooperating with assistant
SUPERVISORS and field deputies. The
total force numbers 1900.
THE driye will be under the i'm
mediate supervision OF collectors of
Internal revenue. and is expected To
result IN b collection of millions of
dollars IN delinquent taxes and pen
allies.
Information from the sales tax
Unit OF the bureau uf Internal reve-
nue. is that muny dealers In sort
drinks aud iDc cream either arc
keeping no record ~ the amount OF
taN collections from such sales. or
that the record b. insufficient or in
correct.
Special attention Will Doe directed
to the collection Of this tax ns well
Hs Ia the tax on toilet articles and
proprietary medicines. Through the
failure Of retailers a. collie in fun
the tax Of I cent for each Is cents
or fraction thereof o. the mount for
which toilet articles and proprietary
medicines are sold, h Is estimated
the government ia losing several
million dollars annually Tho tax Is
collected hy means of stamps rtng
iug from 10 90 cents. which the
law provides shali be- AFFIXED by the
dealer and cancelled.
1t b. tho intention t. conduct as
thorough and effective 70 campaign
a. possible in uch q way as to bring
To- Justice willful |,iolatOrs. and cause
no embarrassment tu merchants ana
business men who honestly are en-.
d"tvoriug 90 comply with the reNcnuc
Laws. Discovery ut evidence to show
WillIul taN evasion VIII he followed
by prosecutions IN fragrant cases.
th" bureau VIII urgu tho imposition
uf extreme penalties. For willful re-
tustl 10 collect u pay IN. tuN the
penalty Is a uuC OF not more than
$4,000. ct N years imprisonment,
ur both, together with an added
assessment equal To the anouut Of
taA eNadcd For failure To- make rr-
turn. the penalty D. u Zine OF not
more than $1,000
Persons desiring Co 700, amended
r"turn OF tax collections FOR which
they are responsible SHOULD do su be-
fore government Investigation, In
which case the policy of the bureau