The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-26
income TAX :
3.
RETURNS Due.
Business Men, Farmers and Wage
Workers Must File Schedules
Of Income for 1919.
MARCH Is LAST FILING DATE,
Net Incomes Of 81 900 or Over, II Sin
gle; or $4,000 i. Over II Married,
Must Be Reported.

AThe Income Tax imposed by Act
of Congress on earnings Of the year
1919 Is now being collected.
Returns under oath must be made
on or before March Is by every citi-
zen and resident who had a net In
come for 1919 amounting to:
$1,000 or over, II single; or If mar
ried and living apart from wife (or
husband) or IL widowed or divorced.
$4,000 or over, If married and living
with wife Cor husband).
The status Of the person on the last
day of the. year fixes the status for
the year with respect to the above
requirements.
Under any Of these circumstances q
return must be made, even though
no tax Is due.
Husband and wife must consider
the income of both, plus that of de-
pendent minor children, in meeting
this requirement; and, If sufficient to
require return, all items must be
shown In q. joint return or In separate
returns Of husband and wife.
A single person with minor depend
ents must include the income Of such
dependents.
A minor who has a net income Of
$1,000 or more Is not considered a
dependent, and must file a separate
return.
Personal returns should be made on
Form 1O40 A, unless the net income
exceeded $1,000, In which case Form
1O4O should be used.
Residents Of Mississippi should file
their returns with, and make payments
Of Income Tax to, George L. Donald,
Collector Of Internal Revenue, Jackson,
Miss.
How to Figure income.
The best way to find out whether one
must file a return Is to get Form
1040A and follow the instructions
printed on 1t. That form will serve as
reminder Of every item of income,
and If return Is due 1t tells how to
prepare and file 1t.
If in doubt on any point as to income
or deductions, a person may secure
free advice and aid from the nearest
Internal Revenue Office.
Guesswork, estimates and other hit
or-miss methods, are barred when
person Is making out his Income Tax
return. Accuracy and completeness
must be insisted upon. Che return is
q sworn statement AS such it must
be thorough and accurate.
Salaried persons and wage earners
must ascertain the actual compensa-
ton received. Overtime, bonuses,
shares in the profits Of a business,
value Of quarters and board furnished
by the employer and other items which
are compensations for services must
be included.
/ It must be borne in mind that COM
pensation may be paid in other forms
than in cash. A bonus paid in Liberty
Bonds is taxable at the market value
Of the bonds. A note received in pay
ment for services Is taxable income at
It's face value, and the interest upon
1t Is also taxable.
Other Returns Due.
Every partnership doing business In
the United States must file a return
on Form 1865; and every personal
service corporation must file a similar
return.
Corporations must file annual re-
turns on Form 1920.
Trustees, executors, administrators
and others acting in a fiduciary capac-
ity are required to file returns. In
some cases, Form 1041 is used; in
others, Form 1910; and still others,
returns on both forms are required
Information returns on Forms 1899
and 1895, must be fled by every or
ganixation, firm or person who paid,
during 1919, an amount Of $1,000 in
salary, wages, interest, rent, or other
flxed or determinable income to an
other person, partnership. personal
service corporation or fiduciary. These
information returns should be for
warded directly to the Commissioner
OF Internal Revenue (sorting division),
Washington, D. @. -