Motorists Moy Claim
Income Deductions
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Members of Coquille Unit No. 36,
American Legion Auxiliary who at
tended the District Conference held
in Marshfield last Friday were, Unit
president Mabel Kunz, Eula Schram,
I Vera Oerding and Lenora Hunt.
The meeting was devoted to the
' study of the 1941 program of the
American Legion Auxiliary, with in
structive speeches by Department
President Laura Goode, District
President Vivian Meiring, Depart-
ment Secretary! May ’Whitcomb, and
other department officers.
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' J>p^t‘ven Units including the “baby”
Unit from Drain were represented.
Eacfy unit president presented a re
port of her unit's activities for the
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past year. _ _____________ _______
Reedsport and Marshfield units
were made happy by the announce
ment that each had won one of the
coveted Navy print plates for mem
bership.
After the afternoon meeting, the
Auxiliary members adjourned to the
Chandler hotel for dinner with the
American Legion.
At the dinner
there were speeches by the depart
ment residents, and the department
commander of the Legion. The com
mander’s speech was broadcast over
Half Of Out-of-State
Can Did Not Begister
Eagles Auxiliary
Is Five Years Old
A special event at the Eagles meet
ing Thursday evening was the fifth
birthday anniversary celebration of
the Eagles Auxiliary. During a re
cess in the meeting, members of the
auxiliary staged a Truth and Conse
quences game which was hilariously
successful.
When refreshments were served
charter members of the auxiliary sat
at the'.r own table, which was decor
ated with a big birthday cake topped
with five candles. The charter mem
bers present were Mesdames Annie
Wimer, Agnes Lewis, Hattie Gaffey,
Lillian Chard and Ruby Johnson. A
large number at Eagles and auxiliary
members attended the meeting.
Valentine«. Get your* at Norton’«.
We have them for children for lc,
2c and Sc each.
Seventy-fjve percent of the non
resident motor vehicles registered in
Oregon during the year 1940 came
from the three western states, Idaho,
Washington and California, it was an
nounced today by Earl Snell, secre
tary of state.
California led the list with 70,VH
cars, while Washington sent 20,Ay
and Idaho contributed 4,596.
Total non-resident registration for
the year was 127,941 vehicles, the
lowest registration since 1936. In
1939, the registration totaled 149,502
vehicles, but the registration for 1940
is believed to have amounted to not
quite half of the out-of-state cars
actually visiting Oregon during the
year. Many tourists did not bother
to register their cars at all, .it was i
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pointed out.
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Oregon motorists facing the April
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income tax blanks were reminded to-
day by the legal department of the
Oregon State Motor association of
certain exemptions for expenses of
operating their automobiles.
The association warned motorists
to keep more complete and accurate
records of car operations this year
inasmuch as government tax agencies
have declared their intentions of re
quiring more proof before granting
exemptions.
Legal advice obtained by the as
sociation also cleared up the point
that cars used in driving to and from
the owners place of business are not
engaged in business at that time—
and such expenses are not deductible.
Deductions allowable in computing
taxable income include the following:
State gasoline taxes — motorists
must furnish a complete record for
this item as the department of internal
revenue will not Accept estimates.
The tax in Oregon is five cents per
gallon.
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All sums paid as registration fees
during the year—this includes licens
ing
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Any loss sustained from the out
right sale of the car. This does not
include any trade-in deals on the
purchase of another car.
Any loss occasioned by damage to
a passenger automobile used for
pleasure. This must be an actual loss
to the person claiming exemption—
if the loss has been compensated by
insurance it is not deductible.
Any amount expended for personal
injury damages that has not been
compensated for by insurance is a
deductible item—this is true, how
ever, only if the car were being used
for business at the time of the acci
dent.
Any interest paid on money bor
rowed for the purchase of a car—in
cluding financing charges specifically
covering the Interest on the loon.
All operating and maintenance ex
pense, including depreciation, on
passenger cars used wholly for busi
ness—or on a pro-rata basis where
used less than half the time for
pleasure. This has been construed
to cover insurance costs.
Motorists are warned by the as
sociation that the federal gasoline
tax and federal taxes on new can,
lubricating oil. tires, tubes, and ac
cessories are considered by the de-
partmenAbf internal revenue as man
ufacturer or distributor taxes and not
as deductible consumers taxes.’
The amount paid for the purchase
of an automobile for either business
or pleasure has been ruled to be a
capital expenditure and not deduc
tible, but the depreciation incurred
in its use for business is a deductible
item as mentioned before.
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Any employee receiving mileage or
gas allowance can claim no exemp
tion for automobile operation unless
this allowance has been declared a
part of his income.
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