The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-10-20
INCOME TAX LIST
FILED TUESDAY
Largest List of Income Tax
Payers in History of
City in Report.
SEE A REDUCTION
Many Incomes Taxed but Off
Gals Fear Many Delinquents
Total Out Later.

County Clerk Charles L. Holderness
now has the annual list of individual
income taxes to be collected as the
lists covering more than two hundred
pages, were filed with him on Tuesday
by the assessor of incomes and as soon
as possible the lists will be copied and
certified to the town clerks of the
various towns in the county and the
city clerk of the city. 1t is impossible
to give at this time the total amount
to be collected from individuals as
income taxes and it will be some days
before the lists are placed in condi-
ton to give out figures on the amount
of the tax. The corporation income
tax lists are still in the hands of the
Wisconsin State Tax Commission, but
it is expected that all of them will be
filed within the next few days. 1t is
pretty certain that the total income
tax to be collected from Kenosha
county this year will be greater than
in the former year but the first lists
to be filed indicate reduction in the
normal tax and the increase will come
as result of sur taxes provided for
in the laws passed by the last ses-
sion of the legislature.
More Names Than Before.
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showamany more names than in former
years and it is certain that the as
SCISSOR has combed the city and county
to get every possible name on the roll.
"The number of names has been very
largely increased" said one Of the Of
ficials, "but if you will examine the
roll carefully You will see that there
are many small amounts. The big in
comes are not so much in evidence as
they were in the years of 1919 and
1920. While it appears that many
more people have been added to the
income tax roll, it appears that many
of the people have not earned as large
incomes as in the former years.
Possibly the total of the individual
tax will be nearly the same as last
year but this is a problem which can
only be solved by the final tabulation.
1t is certain that there will be many
delinquents this year. An examina-
tion of the list shows that many of
the people who have been assessed
have removed from the county Some
of these people were high paid en-
ployees of the industrial plants in the
city. They have left the city since
the income tax report was returned
and it will probably be impossible to
find MANY of them IF thew have NOV
ed to other states it will be almost
impossible to collect the tax.
Two Sur Taxes This Year.
There will be two sur taxes collected
along with the income tax this year.
The first is the l st installment of the
tax for the educational bonus of the
men who served in the world war; This
has been collected for two years and
the payment this year will make an
end to it's collection. The second sur
tax was provided by law passed by
the last session of the legislature. 1t
is levied to provide fund for the pay
ment, of teachers pensions. 1t is to be
levied each year in the future and it
is expected to bring in several mil
lion dollars annually.
The tax lists are open for the ex-
animation of the public but they must
go to the Office of the county clerk
to see them. The publication of the
lists has not been ordered by the state
and the publication of them is dis
couraged by the officials.