Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-31
NEW INCOME TAX
LAW MACHINERY
STARTS TOMORROW
Tho Headquarters Here With
Branches at Dover and
Georgetown Open.
So FOR EVERY VOTER

Colonel George w. Sparks, tax COM
missioner FOR Delaware, will open Of
neer IN thls city, and branch head
quarters IN Dover and Georgetown,
tomorrow. for tho work Incident 10 the
collection OF State income taxes. The
state headquarters VIII be at No. 2
East Ninth street, and all records Of
the commissioners Office Will be kept
here, the Dover and Georgetown Of
nces being collection agencies for
Kent and Sussex counties.
The work cut out for the commits
sioner under the law enacted at Dover
last winter Is arduous. Working nm
der the Directions OF this act. II win
he the first systematic attempt 70 To-
cate and levy upon all adults OF the
state and those corporations and
others liable FOR state income tax.
The terms or tho act state that
every adult must pay fling fee OF
~ when he or she Ale their income
Tax stAtenent. IL doee not matter
~hether they have an income OF 500
yearly or $4,000. This So must be pald
When tho statement Ia fled. Those
WAC are - years and upwards who
have an income OF 81. 900 yearly or
upwards must rle such a statement
and are also liable for tax.
According 90 the law. failure OF any
enc 90 fle an income statement by
March IS, next year. makes them iia-
BE immediately. and without any trlai
70 penalty . $500. or six unonths i'm
pris1nr1rnf. az both. While Com-nts-
slontr sparks and his aides win en-
aratof 20 send blank tax statement
le every ADULT n the state. the law
specifics that y a person does NOT re-
eeiFe fach a hank. thar "a no excuse
Tor not Aims t. Every one mus. s..
" y thAt they procure a statement
ana Nv Z oai and hle q hy .he middle
u March. u is styled rnlsdenneanor
~ failure 20 do 20. and the fsul, f.
- thf citizen end not any one else.
We Intend o. enforce the law" safs
Npionel sparks TO-DAY. Failure 70 ale
statement 81 income BIZ March x
hfff VII not excuse any one from ,hs
penalty which the act of the Issi~ia-
thfe pfescrihes. Later on We shall aa-
t'Ilire taat Tact On tho newxnap apcns. OF
me statt We shall emphasize thai
every adult and every corporstior ars
others who ere liable shall file By The
time spl ,ined.
Listing Names Of Adults.
The FIRST work we shan do win bS
gre compilation and listing OF the
hane of every adglf in the state. II "a
asiinatea mat there are about 100 600
pf These. y At. we shall couplle ana
- every corporation. There are > hs,,,t
10000 o. these. Blank statements viii
- sent 90 each person and corpora
non. nuf failure % receive q statement
a"es not excuse any one from the
penalty of the act.
We hope 20 have all Of the bills
ready y send out by January i. we
shall take the names OF taxables from
me lists we have and think we have
az efficient method OF aseertatniy0
she names of all those who may ~
- pc, but who are not on the lists
We have"
The headquarters here VIII begin
operations with about Is typists. which
number may be added to II the work
proves too heavy Tor that number ~
nsn9le The Office az Dover will be In
me state House and viii be IN charge
oi a. a. Watson. field agent for Kent
county. with q hair dozen typlsts. The
Seorsetown Office IS temporarily h.
Gated IN the Levy Court room h
charge Of DR.. l.. n. Messlck, with half
a dozen typlsfs.
after March IS those who have fail
"a 20 hle statemcnts. will have their
NAMES returned 10 the authorities
whose duty Il shall be under the law
% bring them before the court.