Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-18
RECOVERED OVER ssSO, ,oOo
 FROM FEDERAL TAx m


 More than quarter million dollars was collected in Conn ecticut last year from 5000 persons who were caught by the internal revenue office in attempts to evade the federal taxes it was re- vealed by a report compiled by Collec- tor Robert O. Eaton for submission to commissioner David H, Blair at Wash hgton-
 Added to the 2,OO0 persons for whom warrants Of distraint were issued on Thursday to collect an aggregate bal ance of $11o,ooo du the government on returns filed prior to March. 1921, this makes a total of $365, 900 which would have been lost to the government but for the virgil of the revenue office
 Tbe difference between these two classes of delinquents, it was explained by Collector Eaton, is that the 5000 failed to file Eeturns or make any other move showing intention to pay the fed eral tax due on their incomes for the pre- ceding year, while the 2.000 did file returns and made the initial payment but failed to complete their payments From 5,145 of the 5000 who tried to evade the taxes. $132,205 was collected on account of the personal tax and pen alties, while miscellaneous taxes aggre- gating S122, 392 were collected from the
 
 l the average amount due from each man 1 discovered in evasion. about S2S. Most of the evaders proved to be aliens. As in the case of hundreds who disappeared after making initial pay ments, they earned high wages in Con- necticut factories uring the early part of 19e0 Many others were unnatural I ized foreigners who set up small stores and failed to pay the sales tax imposed by the government on many of the arti- | cles offered for sale
 The majority of the personal income | tax evaders were detected by means of l the government machinery that requires l all corporations or individuals to report all employees to whom wages or salaries l over $1 900 were paid during the year l Hundreds of others were discovered by l 0 force of 45 deputy collectors whc 1 were put to work on a list of all resi-. | dents of the state who filed no returns 1 These deputies, working from headquar ] ters in Hartford, New Haven, Bridge l port Waterbury and New London, theI l visited all theatres, drugstores, enter taintnent halls and other places subjec totha sales tax. and in that way founC l many others that had failed to pay an! tax returns to the government Severa of these deputies will begin on Tues 1 day to au01t all income r6TurnS In l volving amounts under S5 ,000. Return. showing incomes in excess of S5,O00 ar audited in Washington.
 January May, June and Decembe were the banner months in the orde named for discovery of persons who fail ed to pay the personal tax. In January Ss7 were found, who owed the govern ment S23.TS2; in May, 753, who owe, S10,S32; in June 71s, who owed BPS. 67z and in December 5S2, who owed $14, 4se.
 Colonel Eaton's record shows that 1, IA persons were found in July alone who were delinquent in payment of otll CT than federal taxes. The aggTegat collected from these deIinquents in Jul
 was 6,56o, while $so.1E4 was collectte 1 from 785 of them in August The mag nitude of these figures, as compared t
 those for other months, was attribute
 to the fact that a canpangn to clean u , sales tax delinquents was launched tn , first of July.
 The deputy collectors assigned to th
 checking up work are in charge of Car tain W. Ellery Allyn of Waterford chit , field deputy He sNtd recently that sex , enteen of the deputies would be brougf , from the field this week to begin wor on the 1922 returns.