The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1920-06-24
WILL TREAT
THE LUXURY TAX
DODGERS ROUGH
Warming Issued that Merchants Must
Comply With Luxury
Tax Law.

Business men who for one reason
or another have failed TO keep an ac-
curate record of their luxury tax sales
will be given an opportunity TO cor
rect their statement and thus avoid
prosecution. according 10 word Sent
out yesterday by Lewis Williams. col
lector OF internal revenue AT Boise.
In this. as in every other section
OF the country, there will be conduct
sd during the next two months an
intensive drive for the collection of
delinquent sales and other miscellan-
eous taxes. such as the so-called lux
ury tax. the soft drink tax, the ad-
mission tax, the manufacturer tax,
the tax on jeweiry and works OF art.
and the TAX on toilet articles and pro-
prietary medicines says the state
ment. Reports OF laxity on the part
of dealers and other persons response
BILE for the return and collection OF
these taxes have reached the bureau
of internal revenue from many
sources.
TO remedy this condition. Com
missioner William NJ Williams has
assigned to the wo~k OF investigation
lz5 special revenue Officers. These
men will compose flying squadrons
which will visit every large city in
the United States, cooperating with
assistant supervisors and field depu-
ties. The total force numbers 1000.
The drive will be under the inn
mediate supervision OF collectors OF
internal revenue, and is expected TO
result in the collection OF millions OF
dollars In delinquent taxes and pen
allies.
Information from the sales tax
unit of the bureau OF internal reve-
nue. Is that many dealers in soft
drinks and ice cream either are keep
ing no record of the amount OF tax
collections from such sales, or that
the record is insufficient or incor-
rect
Special attention will be directed
TO the collection OF this tax on toilet
articles and proprietary medicines.
Through the failure OF retailers TO
collect in full the tax OF one cent
for each 25 cents or fraction thereof
of the amount for which toilet arti-
Giles and proprietary medicines are
sold, IL is estimated the government is
losing several million dollars annually.
The tax is collected by means of
stamps ranging from ! to 40 cents,
which the law provides shall be az
fixed by the dealer. and cancelled.
1t is the intention to conduct as
thorough and effective a campaign
as possible in such way as to bring
TO justice willful yiolators. and cause
no embarrassment TO merchants and
bushes men who honestly are en-
deavoring ii comply with the revenue
laws Discovery OF evidence to show
willful tax evasion will be followed
6y prosecutions. In fragrant cases
the Bureau will urge the imposition
Of extreme penalties. For willful re-
fusal TO collect and pay the tax. the
penalty is a fine OF not more than
$40. 700. or one years imprisonment
Or both. together with an added as
sessment equal TO the amount OF the
AK evaded. For failure to make re-
urn. the penalty is fine OF not more
han $1,000.
Persons desiring to file amended |
AK returns OF tax collections for I
which they are responsible should do /
20 befroe government investigation /
n which case the policy OF the Bur (
,au will be one OF leniency. There IL |
great between the self-discovered /
ak delinquent. and the tax eyader /
discovered by the Bureau.