The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-05-03
New Income
Tax Audits
Plan Made
By DAVID LAWRENCE
(Co7yrlShc BY The ln;c."SeASer)

Washington. Nay Eve Will send
the governmcE, TO the people instead o.
making the rcca,c come 10 the govern
1neut." sad Elmer Dover. assistant Sec
retary o. the treasury to-day IN out''N-
tnS 20 this CORES spontvNt the pan hc
has in mind whereby 'vCG% 'IN payer IN
the United states viii be able 10 aSr"r-
tain Immediately the enact status OF ms
income tax return.
Under the present system. 4 trip 10
Washington is necessary III order 20
learn how far the income tax burden has
progressed in auditing back returns.
American business concerns have been
kept on the anxious seat over Io0S per
fods OF time because oS uncertainty
whether they have calculated thsi!r
taxes correctly. The ncw plan would
speed up the auditing and especially
would make available N day intorma-
ton which takes months now 70 ferret
out
Regional BureauAN
Mr.. Dover estimates that 95 per cent
OF the income tax returns Of the country
can be audited and handled IT rcEiona!
headquarters without even being sent 10
w dSnlpSlOI ~ ItSl - 80 ~ A''SheN w.
the Pacific coast Mr.. Dover halls from
that section and knows the viewpoint OF
the tax payers OF tha, region many OF
whom have had to pay expenses to and
from Washington several times TO trans
act business which the government
could Just as we'll handle b. 4 branch
office on the coast
BecauSe II Will take time to ind out
how n branch Of tho revenue bureau
shall DO equipped and what the prob
lens OF administration Will b.. II has
been thought best 20 uSn the Pacific
coast as a laboratory ard when the SES-
tenn has been perfected. the sam" plan
will be applied to the whole country 81
that before March next year tho income
tax returns will be audited AMI settled
without reference To Washington IN
nine-tenths OF the cases.
Mr. Dover said no would let the Pa
Si6c coast bureau hLnd'H all claims for
refunds or tax controversies involving
S35 900 or less. This, he said. included
at least e5 or cent Of 'hs returns AS
for those in excess NJ thai sum. III"
national bureau at Washington would
continue TO handle them except that he
relieving tho WASHINGTON ctfc" ot most
of the returns, persons wiin calm,
above $4,000 viii GO, murn m"-a ranid
9cCon ana WILL % SdH'u '''i'' a'''
mnnay.
Corps OF Trained Men
II win be- the po&-" ot the treasury
department 20 establish a corps 81
trained men from tho national capital ~
The Offices OS tNN CrUr ColieCflr"~ hls.
tric,S. namely. a. Tacoma. Portland. san
Francisco and Los Angeles Al 'h"~"
districts will hr under tNe direction no:
OF tho local collectors or internal roy
enue but under what - ."""0 a; 1 -. .
snue agent IN char. THIS officer a.
ready IS provided rNr !, tn" ir""u'" tx
administration n" S~-utlN'a"S -c'Ucr'
and acts moro or ls,s as a CN'rn on IN"
work OF the collector, II hH - l04oIh'
he will refer tho rs'U-n I" ~" ma
offce cc The internal revenue III tn" M
tAoral capital
There arc sixty -foI- COLLECTION dl2-
trtcts In tho United S'l'Cs and - -
not known vet h0r r,,,"" r"c;oHt! hI-
reaue OF internal r"ror@~ ~ l." :"
quired 70 max" -" ~. tom ci:'"rF"
The experience "1 -" r.. ''~ HH"st '.,.
teach tho trcasu-~ G"r. .."r'U'". ho"
many branch Offices ~ b." H"C"sN;lrr
There are othc- ADVANTAGES at ccce1-
.tralizatlou besides ronN"rroH"" 20 N"
Saxpayers II IS felt tht' 'n" govern
rpent will DC able - rnli"'ain us PEE
xonnel better n branch ot'r,s than ~
washlnEton where II" "rr~ttC' CaImEH e
and shifting have .r'p"d"G tHc wnrh.
Assistant Secretary Dover has made NJ
his mind that his !oh n -" scheme or
things here 20 simplify the income a
tnuditlng He W., 90 u 'he Pacific
coast soon 10 SGpe-v.=c ~ pcrso" tn"
new regional operations O: tho 'G'c-&a!
revenue bureau.