Evening star., 1946-04-15
Hundreds Lining Up
To Pay D. {. Taxes
Before Dead|ine
Hundreds of Washingtonians lined

Hundreds OF WaShingtonianS lineC
up at tax collection windows in the
District Building today to pay thei,
1945 District income tax before tht
deadline at midnight tonight.
Tax Collector Guy Pearson esti-
mated that his four collection win.
dows were taking care of 500 citizens
an hour. In nearby corridor hun
dreds more were maSsed before what
officials call their worry table.
Here more than score of experts
helped people fill out their returns
and answered problems, such as:
II just discovered I should have
filed in 1943 and 1914. What hap
pens to me?"
Or, II vote in Illinois, but I live
here. Do I have to pay?"
The question of "domicile" wa,
the main one facing A. F. Brooke
assistant administrator, and Robert
J. Dunham, superintendent and ex-
aminer of the income tax division
They explained that people who live
in the District either have to file g
return and pay the tax or they mus
be very sure that they can prove
their legal residence is elsewhere.
Ten Bags of Mail Arrive.
If there is any doubt whatsoever
in the mind of persons living II
Washington as to their tax status. il
is much cheaper to submit the
problem to the tax experts and gel
a ruling than to omit payment or
time and later face the rs per cent
penalty for delayed filing.
Certain voting privileges and taa
payments in other States in the pas,
have been held to establish lega
residence in those States, although
the person actually lives in Wash.
ington, Mr.. Dunham explained
However, intricate technicalities art
involved, and it is much better t<
let the experts rule on the situation
than for citizens to try to decide fol
themselves where their "domicile'
is, he said. j.
Ten more bags of mail arrived In
Mr.. Pearson's Office today. These
were piled with the 20 bags of re.
turns which accumulated last week
The unusual haul will be opened
and sorted within the next few days
tax employees said.
The number of persons filing this
year is unusually heavy, Mr.. Dun.
ham said. He attributed this tc
widespread publicity given to two
recent tax cases. those of Mr.. ano
Mrs. Ernest C.. Rick, who allegedly
claimed exemption for children they
do not have, and Samuel Cicero
who had not paid District income
tax because he thought his lega.
residence was in Illinois.
Record Number Filing.
Last year only S5,755 person.
among the $4,000 employed here
paid District income taxes. Thi.
years total Is expected to surpass
this and, perhaps, to set an all-time
record.
To citizens who may not have paic
the tax previously and now believe
they should have, Administrator
Brooke issued instructions to pay the
1945 tax today and then come tt
the District Building within the next
two weeks to take up with experts
the skipped payments.
Collection windows will remain
open only until 3:45 o'clock thi.
afternoon, but mailed returns, post.
marked by midnight, will be accept.
ed as being on time. The worry
tables" will be open to the public
until 4:45 pm. today.
Midnight tonight also is the dead.
line for payment of Maryland Stat,
income taxes. Of1cials in Annapoli!
estimated about 70 per cent of tn,
approximately 800, 1000 Maryland tax.
payers will have paid their taxes b,
midnight.