The union times., 1944-06-10
State Building Trades Meeting Called
Unions Must File
 Returns By Aug. 15
'A.F.L. Warns All Locals To Obtain Certificate Of
 Exemption-Full Procedure Given-Padway m To Help Unions

Connecticut unions this week were officially notified by the Ann .erican Federation of Labor that all
 locals must file financial returns by
 August Is, and that certificates of
 exemption from paying any tax
 must also be obtained. A letter f$from Pres. William Green and Sec
 retary George Meany gives the
 necessary information, and fol
 lows:
 H Judge Padway has,, conferred with the officials of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, and new form is to be issued by the Bureau with ~ip the next few weeks, known as { Form 99O. The local Collector of Internal Revenue in your district will send this form to every union lin its district. The final date for filing is Aug. Is, 1914. If you fail to receive form by July 18th, call your local Collector of Internal Revenue in your district and ask
 him to mail one to you. In all sub-
 sequent years you will be required to file your return on or before May 18th.
 V ssThe first return will indicate
 that it is for your fiscal year, conn.,
 mencing in the year l943.
 n Considerable effort was made by ' ' the American Federation of Labor to
 have the Bureau adopt simple form
 and considerable progress was made III that direction. Our union officials Eshould not experience much difficulty in filling out the returns. However, if some question should arise concern
 ing which you require an answer, you v may take it up with the local district
 Collector, or you may write to Joseph
 A. Padway, General Counsel. Amer !, ican Federation of Labor, 736 Bowen < Building, Washington 5, D. C., who ''tehas been instructed by the officers of the American Federation of Labor to answer questions respecting these re- turns.
 70 There is one other important mat
 ter which is directed to your attention.
 It deals with Claims for Exemption \ from Federal Income Tdx We have C~found that a number of our unions have never filed an application to be declared exempt from Federal income tax under the income tax laws, al- :. though this has been a necessary re-
 quirement under the law for many years. The Bureau of Internal Reve- nue did not strictly enforce this re- ,quirement in previous years, but now |sthat financial returns must be filed by all unions, the Bureau of Internal Revenue has advised the American Federation of Labor that strict com Epliance with this requirement for a II certificate of exemption will be re- K quired.
 "This means that every Organiza. Ation which has not heretofore been \ certified as exempt from Federal l Income tax, must proceed to file an Exemption Affidavit, which is known as Form 1924. Information. als are permitted to file one form
 and attach list of all their local
 unions, and will thereby obtain a
 blanket exemption for all locals, RThis is the easiest and best proce. I dure to follow in SO far as obtain. ing a certificate of exemption from income tax is concerned. This mat. pter should be attended to at once
 for it is advisable to have the Ger.
 tificate of Exemption before filing
 the financial returns on August
 Is, 1914.
 Returning to the subject of filing returns, you are advised that the sub- ject of group filing by an International L>Union on behalf of its local unions was discussed and considered All though the Bureau of Internal Reve-
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