The Washington times., 1933-01-25

that they petty cheats and need to be disciplined by
their local government is not traditional; it is not
, necessarily true.
All for Taxes
The position is this In the income blanks
in 1891 for the year 193 the State of New York said
faty that royalties from patent copyright granted
under the authority of the United States nontaxabe
income. Whether not this good decision is apart
from the question An inventor receiving $4,000 in salary
and $4,000 in royalties because after Is years Of labor he
had made electric light bulb let say) had pay
Income tax his salary, but not his royalty He
specifically told by the State omit his royalties from his
taxable income. Unless he fool he did if
he fool the State probably returned him the
ne tried to pay royalty.
Note that the inventor the composer did not take the
initiatives the State issued instructions The holder of
patent and copyright fulfilled the law the letter He
dd not know-he not todthat the State in the
meantime interested in before the Supreme Court
affecting its own orders to the writer and the research
worker That was all big surprise
Now the Punch
The surprise has been coming to writers during the past
weeks the form Of letter saying Under decision
Of the e. Supreme Court royalties held to be fully tax
able Ii you imagine that this only friendly warning
estimate the State For the letter continues with large
therefore and says that you pay royalties on
what got in 1880 and 1881 There is told legal
ground for this retroactive application Of the decision
SO far the State only applied to its own uses judicial
decision The method of application striking 1t is
knowno suspected-that many individuals (artsts in
vntors and business men attempt little less to the
State than they should The State auds the returns and
finding evidence of cheating orders additional payment
be made And to punish the tricky ones the State gives them
exactly 10 days to pay up failing which penalty of per
cent plus per cent month is added.
Ten Days-Or Else!
with these cheaters of the State rank all artists and
inventors who carefully followed the States
to- tax royalties They also have pay within 10
days suffer the penaltwhich IL per year.
The who few years ago. few thousand dollars
from popular song and hasn had single sale since must
now find tax he told not pay and must
DO in far less time than the honest allowed
TO gather his tithe Ten daysor ese What should
you do for a criminal?
The Income Tax Bureau is innocent in this matter The
law is absolute and the commissioners do their duty
prevent misunderstanding covering you that
although write and protest the your letter
samg The State knows you have the money and the only
reason you haven paid is because you do Pay
now, says the law and you will get refund if fna deter
mlnatlon OF any protest is in your favor"
Royalties represent, to large extent the approval and
pleasure of hundreds Of thousands In the field of invention
they represent comforts and back of Them employment
There fewer artists and inventors in America than there
are DOCTORS druggists paperhangers brickayers yet
these few give jobs to many and satisfaction life to more
stop for this nustce but the State of New York ought
% decide hastily that artists and inventors neither mice
nor men, only sneaks and cheats