The New York herald., 1920-12-26
STATE TAX RETURNS
MONTH LATER IN '21
Bureau Announces Extension
of Time From March
Is to April Is.
FEDERAL PAYMENT FIRST
Director Explains Amendments
to Law-EKpect More Rev.
enue Than in 1920.

BY way of contributing its mite to
York State Income Tax Bureau an
nounced yesterday that the State income
tax affidavit need not be filed until
April Is. This allows a month in which
10 recover from the filing of the Federal
return form on March Is. This year
both returns had to be filed at the
same time, and initial payments made
at the same time.
More than 100000 income tax blalks
will be mailed soon to persons who filed
1919 returns, according to an announce
ment made yesterday by Mark Graves,
director of the bureau. These blanks
will contain the printed name and ad-
dress of the recipient Taxpayers who
will be paying the tax for the first time
will have to do what others had to do
last year--go down to the local branch
bureau and get their blanks. There Will
be plenty of blanks for lalL Blanks for
estates and trusts known as fiduciary
forms will not be mailed to those who
filed such returns for 1919, inasmuch as
many Of these fiduciaries controlled
funds only for that year. All controllers
Of funds must go to their district offices
and receive the special blanks covering
their particular cases.
'~rhe State of New York received
more than S37, 600, 900 from the first in
come tax collection" said Mr.. Graves
yesterday. More than 100000 returns
were filed. and of this number 100000
persons paid income taxes running from
one cent to S1,000.000
Attention is called TO a number of
important amendments to the law. One
of the most popular Is the extension of
time In which to file returns from March
15 to April Is. Under the statute as
passed. the time limit for paying both
the Federal and State tax was March
1B. which resulted in confusion and
hardship for taxpayers. The extension
will give a thirty-day breathing spell
after paying the Federal tax.
"The bureau has refunded total OF
over s175,000 to more than $4,000 indi-
vlduals. who paid more tax than re-
quired. The intent of the audit is not to
try and force additional money from the
taxpayer. but to make the examinations
IN a fair ar.l friendly spirit and to re-
ceive the just tax and no more. Per-
sons who overlooked exemptions and de-
auctions to which they are entitled are
having the excess money paid returned
to them as rapidly as such returns are
reached in the course of audit.
The additional tax collected through
the Investigation Bureau from persons
who through ignorance of the law or
intent to evade the tax will exceed $780,
900, while additional tax collected or as
sessed to date. as the result of audit of
returns, runs over 100000. These two
Items of extra and unfixed revenue prac-
tlcally take care of the first years cost
os equipplng and maintaining the Income
Tax Bureau.
1--WE expect considerable new revenue
for 1920 from the so, 900 employees Of
railroads operating within the State of
New York. who were exempted from the
9f3 tax through Federal control and
peration OF the railroads. This tax eX-
.nption also applied to employees of the
tolegra ph and telephone comRDnies and
the American Railway Express. An
audit has been made of over 100000 re-
turns and we find that a great nuiIber
of Federal employees paid a tax G. ough
lack of knowledge that they We're ex-
ompt."