Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-18
GOVERNMENT IS AFTER INCOME TAX FVAnERs


 Two thousand warrants of distraint were issued last week by United States Internal Revenue Collector Robert c. Eaton in move to collect s1l0.0O0 from people who refused, evaded or otherwise failed to pay the full amount of income taxes shown to be due the government by returns filed in Connecticut last year.
 This is twice the number of such war rants issued last year and is the grsat- est number which the collector in Con necticut has ever found 1t necessary to send out They authorize deputy collec- tors to seize and sell sufficient property of the delinquents named to satisfy the governments tax claim with interest and 8 per cent. penalty.
 Evasion of the tax has been most com mon. it was said at the collectors office among foreigners who made the initial payment on their returns in March of last year, and then disappeared. A large percentage of these aliens earned high wages in Connecticut industrial centers during the early part of 1929, and 1t was this fact that brought them within the scope of the income tax payable last year. Deputy collectors have found that, in many cases where such taxpayers have skipped, they left enough property be- hind to satisfy the governments claim. 4 large percentage of the delinquent cies were unintentional, 1t was said. and could be traced to the poor arithmetic on the part of the taxpayers. Hundreds of cases were found after the period for the payment of the last installInent which indicated that people who elected to pay their tax in quarterly instalIrnents. made mistakes fin dividing the whole amount of their tax by four. Those who did this unintentfonaly will have & chance to make up the difference when served with warrant of dIstraint. By paying the balance they will be able to avoid hay | ing any of their property seized.
 The aggregate amount of income taxes shown by last years returns to be due was SSB.T5o, 900. Collections amount to 1 s36,64o, 900. The warrants of distraint account for the difference. There are SC
 many warrants to/be executed that Col 1 lector Eaton has secured authority from Commissioner David H. Blair at Wash 1 lngton to appoint two additional depu- | ties He has named Francis T. Hickey l of East Hartford a cousin of Judge Levi 1 P NJ Hickey and Clarence H. Anderson l of Plairville, for these extra places. their | appointments being effective Monday. At times a tax can be collected in nc i other way than by distraining and sell l ing the property of the person who re- 1 fuses OF neglects to pay the tax due, ac- l cOrQlng to COlIecIor I1alOH 1HS III S' step in the collection of a tax is to have an assessment made. This is done by l the commissioner of internal revenue al | Washington, who may impose. in addi- | ton to the tax penalty as part of thu assessment. The assessment is based or I the voluntary return of the taxpayer ol 1 upon the report of the deputy collector In cases where a person refuses to msk' a return. The commissioner then send a list of the assessments made to the col lector Within ten days after the receip
 0 fsuch a list, the collector is requires to give notice to each person liable t
 pav any taxes stated therein, to be lef
 at his home or the usual place of bushes or to be sent by mail stating the omoun of such taxes and demanding payment Neglect or refusal to pay the tax au thorizes the collector within ten days af ter the notice and demand. to collect tn tax, with per cent. additional, and in , terest at the rate of S per cent. mont . by distraint and sale of the goods, chat tels, or effects, including stocks, securi lties and evidences of debt, of the perso delinquent.