Milford chronicle., 1921-11-04
new INCOME TAX
LAW in OPERATION
HEADQUARTERS ARE in WILMINGTON
WITH BRANCH OFFICES AT DOVER
AND GEORGETOWN.
MONEY SUPPORTS SCHOOLS
EVERY VOTER, MAN OR WOMAN, MUST
PAY So FILING TAX-FINES FOR
FAILURE Is $500 OR JAIL.

Colonel George w. Sparks, tax COM
missioner for Delaware, opened offices
in Wilmington, and branch headquar-
ters in Dover and Georgetown, for the
work incident to the collection of
State income taxes. The State head
quarters are at No. 2 East Ninth St.,
Wilmington, and all records of the
commissioners Office will be kept
there, the Dover and Georgetown Of
fees being collection agencies for
Kent and Sussex county.
The work cut out for the commits
sioner under the law enacted at Do
yer last winter is arduOus. Working
under the directions of this act, it
will be the first systematic attempt to
locate and levy upon all adults of the
State and those corporations and
others liable for State income tax.
The term of the act state that every
adult must pay filing fee of So when
he or she file their income tax state
ment. 1t does not matter whether
they have an income of $100 yearly
or $4,000. This So must be paid when
the statement is filed. Those who are
18 years and upwards who have an
income of $1,000 yearly or upwards
must file such a statement and are al
so liable for tax.
According to the law, failure of any
one to file an income statement by
March Is, next year, makes them liza
BILE Immediately, and without any
trial to a penalty of $500, or SIX
months Imprisonment, or both. While
n,.1xe
will endeavor to send a blank tax
statement to every adult in the state,
the law specifies that if person does
not receive such a blank, that is no
excuse for not filing it. Every one
must see to it that they produce a
statement and fill it out and file it by
the middle of March. 1t is styled a
misdemeanor for failure to do so, and
the fault is on the citizen and not any
one else.
1--WE intend to enforce the law"
said Colonel Sparks. Failure TO file a
statement of income by March l5 next
will not excuse any one from the pen
altv which the act of the Legislature
prescribes. Later on we shall adver-
tise that fact in the newspapers OF the
state. We shall emphasize that every
adult and every corporation ana
others who are liable shall file by the
time specified.
Listing Names Of Adults
"The first work we shall do Will be
the compilation and listing of the
name of every adult in the State. 1t is
estimated that there are about lOO,-
600 of these. Next, we shall compile
and list every corporation. There are
about 10000 of these. Blank state
ments will be sent to each person and
corporation but failure to receive
statement does not excuse any one
from the penalty of the act.
eve hope to have all of the bills
ready to send out by January 1. we
shall take the names of taxables from
the lists we have and think we have
an efficient method of ascertaining
the names of all those who may be
liable, but who are not on the lists
we have"
The headquarters in Wilmington |
will begin operations with about 15
typists, which number may be added
to if the work proves too heavy for
that numDer 10 ndHule' nc OAlSO a.
Dover will be in the State House and
will be in charge of A. A. Watson,
field agent for Kent county, with
half dozen typists. The Georgetown
office is temporarily located in the
Levy court room, in charge of DR.. w.
R. Messick, with half dozen typists. A
After March Is, next, those who
have failed to file statements, will
have their names returned to the au-
thorities, whose duty it shall be I'M
der the law to bring them before the