Evening star., 1937-08-20
AK ON BUSINESS
enforcement IS
EFFECTIVE TODAY
Payments Must Be Sub
: mitted On or Before
September 16..
GASOLINE IMPORTERS
MUST FILE FOR LICENSE
Forms for Returns Will Be Mailed
as Soon as Received From
Printer.

Enforcement OF the Districts new
business privilege tax was begun to-
bay, when District Assessor Fred d.
Allen warned that returns and tax
payments under this levy must be
|ubmitted to the District on or before
September Is.
At the same time, Deputy Assessor
Charles A. Russell issued warning
hat tangible personal property taxes
must be paid by September Is If the
taxpayer wishes to obtain the credit
or such payment against the business
priviledge tax bill
A third move today in connection
'Fith the new tax program was call
Issued by the assessors Office for all
District gasoline importers to file ap-
>lication for licenses, accompanied by
bond, by the same date these steps
icing required by the new tax program
or all importers who are to continue
b business.
District officials are taking time by
he forelock in respect to the business
evy, because the new tax act pre-
cribes that the levy shall be effective
% days after it was signed by the
President They found they could
lot wait for the appointment Of new
taft workers before starting the ma
hinery running.
Budget Bureau Approves.
The Budget Bureau has approved
he plan of the Commissioners to
make use of nearly $4,000 of District
appropriations for the employment Of
2 new employees for the administra-
ion of the new tax measures. While
he Commissioners are preparing to
Ippoint the new employees the work
Eill be carried on now by the present
taft of the assessor.
Forms for the returns to be made
or the business tax now are on the
|resses and as soon as they are avail
BILE Russell will mail them out to
hose subject to the levy Russell es-
[mated today 10000 persons will be
ubject to this tax, which calls for a
|ayment of two-fifths of | per cent
the gross receipts received during
he calendar year 1896 over and above
fat exemption of $4,000.
Normally personal property taxes
hay be paid up to the end OF Septem-
|er. The returns were due during
(uly. II a person Is not subject to
he business levy, or does not chose
claim the credit for the tangible
property tax payment he still may
hke the whole of September to make
ne tangible property payment. But
the taxpayer wishes to obtain the
redit he must pay half of the tangible
PERSONAL property tax bill by Septem-
Ter is, Russell said
Deductions Explained.
This deduction will be worked out
b this way: The taxpayer will figure
he total of his tangible personal prop
rty tax bill and the total of his tax
|ue on the gross receipts levy and
hen deduct the tangible property tax
rom the other.
Congress required the licensing and
onding of gas importers as means
t plugging up leaks in the gasoline
ak, which is collected for the District
" the importers acting as fiscal
gents. There have been numerous
ases in the past in which the i'm
orter admitted he owed the District
honey, but for one reason or another
vas delinquent in paying the money
YER
Russell today notified the SO i'm
orters they must file with him by
eptember 16 applications for license,
t IS each and must also file arrange
hents for bonding. The bonds will
ange from $4,000 up to $4,000. The
lze Of the bond is to be figured ap-
fortunately three times the amount of
ne average monthly gasoline tax COL
Fcted by the importer during the past
2 months.
After the licensing and bonding has
cen esta blished, if the Commissioners
re convinced an importer is deliber-
tely refusing to pay over the gas tax
ach month, they may revoke his
lcense. In case of failure to collect the
mounts due the District may call on
be bonding company to pay the due
axes.