The Coquille Valley sentinel and the Coquille herald., March 07, 1919, Page PAGE SEVEN, Image 7

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EVERYBODY IS
MW FIGURING
; INCOME TAX
hi 3;-der to Bo Helpful to
Internal Revenue Bureau
H at Every Available
Officer in Field.
THIS TH IS HOW TO
FI6UREJNG0ME TAX
Squarely Up to Evory Individual
to 6ot Buoy by March 15
or Suffor Penalty.
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ABOUT LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Some Things President Wilson Said in His
Great Speech at New York Tuesday ;
Evening of This Week.
"I want to a ttar this
it became necessary, would go any
March 15th. for paying your la coma
Tax and making your return. Avoid lag, not in tha way of a threat; tha where where the rights of
the last minute rush. Any person
forces of the world do not threaten, ware three toned.
•sure out hla liability today aa wail aa they operate. The great tides of the
“They would not sit still in the
ha can next weak, and If them la any
world
do
not
give
notice
th
a
t
they
tranches.
They would not be restrain
point on which ha needs advice ha can
S E V E R E P E N A L T IE S IF YOU
now gat In touch with a Ravenna man.' are going to rise and ran; they rise sd by the prudence of experienced
D E L A Y B EY O N D MARCH 16
This word of advice to being given in their majesty ana ovarwalming commanders. They thought they had
ant by the Internal Revenue men who might, and those who stand in tha come over there to do a particular
am collecting the Income Tax In t
way are overwhelmed.
thing, and they were going to do it
With the due date tor
only ■ few weeks «way, the collection stats. Every aid sad assistance
Now tha heart of the world ia and do it a t once. And just aa soon
•f this far-reaeblag tax on 1918 to- being given freely to the public. I
awake and tha _ heart of the world as th at rush of spirit, as well as that
cornea has started off with a hang. larged field farces am helping the peo­ must ba satisfied. Do not 1st yourself rash of body, came in contact with
ple In every way possible to get their
Everybody is figuring income tax.
tha lines of the enemy they began to
Payments and sworn statements of payments and thslr returns la by suppose for a moment th at tha un
easiness
in
the
populations
of
Europe
break, and they continued to break,
March
fifteenth.
Income must roach Internal Revenue
Bat the Income Tax man will not to due to economc causes or economic my fellow citixena, not merely because
offices on or before March 19, and there
are Severe penalties tor delinquency. pull your door-bell or your coat-tails motives; something vary much deeper of the physical fores of those lusty
He*!dents of Oregon are required to according to the Collector's announce­ underlies it all than that. They gee youngsters, but because of the irre­
make their returns and pay their taxes m ent It to sqaarely up to every Indi­ th at their governments have never sistible spiritual fores of the armies
to Hilton A. Miller, Collector of Inter­ vidual to figure oat hla own case and been able to defend them against in of the United States.
nal Revenue, Portland, Ora., or to any to get. busy if ha comae within U m trigue or aggression and th at there
“It was th at th at they fe lt It
of bla deputy col lector* who are now scope of the saw Revenue tow.
to no
force
or
forasight in that that awad them. I t waa that
doing free advisory w ar* o n ' Income
Did You Ram This Mttohr
modern
cabinet
to
stop that made them feel if these young­
Tax.
Every unmarried person who recelv any
And, therefore, they say, Thera sters ever got foothold they could
“Pay your Income Tax by March ad Income averaging $19.29 a week
16," la the slogan of the Internal Reve­ daring 1918 and ovary married Couple must be some fundamental causa for never be dislodged, and that, there­
nue Bureau, which has sent every who Jointly received Income averaging this.’ And - the fundamental causa fore, every foot of ground th at they
available ofltaer into the Held to help $88.80 a weak should sscurs at ones they are beginning to perceive to be won was permanently won for the li­
the public to underatand the require­ from the nearest Deputy ‘ Collector or th at nations have stood singly or in berty of mankind.
ments and to propers the returns.
the nearest bank a blank Form 1040 A. little jealous groups against each
“And do you suppose th at having
That farm contains the Information be
Who Must Make Return,
other,
fostering
prejudices,
increasing
fait
that erusading spirit of these
' It Is estimated that many taonaands will need to enable him to figure his the danger of war mors than the con­ youngsters who went over there, nos
of single and married persons In this correct not Income and any tax that be
certing measures to prevent it; and to glorify America but to serve their
section of the United States who have owns the Government
The law requires that ovary unmar- if there to right in the world, if there fallow man, I am going to permit my­
never before made manual returns are
raon who had a oat Income of
justice in the world, there to no self for one moment to slacken in
required to do so this yaar.
Income tax returns must ba mads (L000 or aver sod every married t
why nations should bo divided my effort to be worthy of thorn and
son
whose
net
Income
was
82,008
or
between now and March IS by persons
in
support
of justice.
of their causa? What I said a t the
(Including the Income of husband
who coate under the following clnaatfl-
“They ore, therefore, saying if you opening, I said with deeper meaning
or w lfs and tbs earnings of minor
cations:
perhaps than you caught; I do mean
Any unmarried person whoee IMS children. If any) most a s k s a return really believe that there to such
net income was $1,000 or over. Wld- on or before March 19th. And this re­ right, if you really believe that wars not to come back until it’s over, ‘over
ews and widowers, divorcees and mar­ quirement dona not hinge on whether ought to ba stopped, stop thinking there,’ and it must not As over until
about tha rival internets of nations the nations of the world m e assured
ried persona who are living apart from the psraoa owes a tax.
their huabends or wives, are for the
Taxable Im
and think about man and woman and of ¿he permanency of peace.
purposes of the Income Tax classed
Individual mast Include under children throughout the world. Na­
Men, who, when I first want over
as unmarried.
Income all gains profits and In­ tions are not mads to afford distinc­ there, were skeptical of tha possibil­
Any married person living with wife come derived from salaries wages er
ity of forming a League of Nations,
or husband whoa# 1918 net Income was compensation far personal service of tion for thslr rulers ny way of
(2,000 or over. Tbs Income of both
•r kind and In whatever form cess in the maneuvers of polities; na­ had admitted that if wa could but
husband and wife must ba const dared, paid, or from professions vocations tions are meant, if they are meant for form it, it weald be aa Invaluable in­
together with the earnings of
business salsa er dealings in property anything, to make tha man and wo­ strumentality through \\Jiich to seeuro
children, If any.
of all kinds, Interest, rent, dividends man and children in them secure and the operation of the various parts of
or profits derived from any source happy and prosperous, and no nation the.treaty and When that treaty comes
Revenue Bureau Off am Aid.
whatever. Very few Items of Income hSa tha right to set up its special in­ back, gentlemen on this side will find
Bach person In the United
who ie In either of those classifications am exempt
Deductions Include ordinary and nec­ terests against the interests and bene­ the coveaant not only in it, but so
must gat busy a t ones If penalties arm
essary
business expensea^lnterest paid fits of mankind, least of all, this great many threads of the treaty tied to
to be avoided. He should sscurs a
the covenant that you cannot dissect
blank form 1040 A for reporting net # r accrued on Indebtedness taxes al nation which we love.
" I t was sat np for the benefit of the covenant“'from tha treaty without
income up to $8,000; or Form 1040 If all kinds except Federal Income and
his net Income exceeded that amount. axeaqa profits taxes and assessments mankind; it was sat up to illustrate destroying the whole vital structure.
Forms are being distributed by Collec­ for local benefits toeeee actually
tha highest ideals and to achieve the Tha structure of peace will not be
tors and thslr Deputise, also by banka. talned, debts ascertained to be worth­ highest aspirations of men who want- vital without the 'League of Nationa
By following tbs instructions on the less knd depreciation on buildings i
ad to ba free; and the world—ttte and so man to going to bring back a
forma a correct return can ba pr epa red chiaery, fixtures etc., used In busin
world of today betiovee th at and counts cadaver with him.
-A
Berth
er
deduction
hr
alldwed
for
con­
at home. If a person deads adflrir dr
“I must say th at I have been pus-
aid, the Deputy Collectors In the field tributions to corporations operated for on us, and would bo thrown back into
religious charitabls scientific or eda- the blackness of despair if we de- lied by some of the criticisms. Not
will furnish this without charge.
it.
The new Revenue law places the In­ catlonal purposes or for the prevention
by the critisms themselves.
I can
come Tax duty on cttlssna and resi­ of cruelty to children or animals to sa
I
have
tried
once
and
agan,
my
understand
them
perfectly,
even
when
dents. Tbs Internal Revenue Bureau amount not exceeding 18 per cent of fallow citizens, to aay to little circles
there
was
no
foundaton
them.
But
tbs
taxpayer's
net
Income
as
computed
la sending Its men to work right with
the public to get the tax and the re­ without the benefit of the contribution of friends, or to larger bodies, what ty the fact of the criticism. I cannot
to bo tha real hopes of the peo­ imagine how these gentlemen can live
turns In. With active co-operation, deduction.
The taxpayer to not allowed to de­ ples of Europe, and I toll you frankly and not liva in the atmosphere of the
every tax due March 18 will be paid
and every return required by law will duct any personal, living or family ex- have not boon able to do so because, world.
penes any amount spent for Improving
ha la the Ravenna offices on time.
“I cannot imagino how they can live
property, or any expense of restoring when the thought tries to crowd it­
Exemptions Allowed. .
property or making good Ita exhaus­ self into speech the profound emotion and not be in contact with the events
A single person Is allowed a personal tion for which an allowance to claimed of the thing to too much; speech will of their times, and I particularly can­
exemption of $1,000. If he Is support­ under depreciation.
not carry.
not imagne how they can be Ameri­
ing In hla household relatives who am
I have fait tha tragedy of tha hope cans, and set up a doctrine of careful
Figuring
the
T
ax
dependent upon him, he may claim the
Before figuring the normal tax the of those suffering peoples. It to trag ­ selfishness, throughout to the last de­
status of the head of a family who has
dividends am deducted as credits from edy because it to a hops th at cannot tail. I Bkve heard no counsol of gen
the same exemption as If married.
I have
A married person, who lives with net Income, together with the personal bo realised in ita perfection and yet I erosity in their criticism.
wife or husband, la allowed a personal exemption. As la previous yearn, divi­ have fait, bee idea its tragedy. Its com heard no constructive suggestion,
exemption of $2,000. The head of a dends of domestic corporations am ex­ pulsion upon ovary living man to on have heard nothng except, ‘Will it not
family la aatitled to claim a similar empt from normal tax when received «raise every influence he has to the ut­ be dangerous to us to help tha world?’
by the stockholder.
personal exemption.
The normal tax rates for citizens most to see that aa little aa possible It would be fatal to us not to help i t
Aa additional exemption qf $200 Is
allowed for each person under eighteen and residents am ns follows: On the of th at hops to disappointed, bocauss From being what I will venture to
or Incapable of self support, who was first $4,000 of act Income In excess of if men cannot now, after the agony of call tha most famous and the most
dependent upon and received hla chief the credits the rate to 8 per cent; on blood and sweat, coma to their fnli powerful nation in tbs world,
any further taxable Income the rate to
support from the taxpayer.
self possession and sea how to regu­ would of a sodden have become the
A husband and wife living together 12 per cant
late the affairs of the world, ws win most contemptible. So I did not need
The
surtax
rates
apply
to
net
in­
are entitled to but one personal ex­
emption of $2,000. If they make sep­ come of each Individual In excess of sink back into a period of struggle in to be told, as I have been told, that
arate returns, the exemption may ba 10,000. Hi# personal exemption and which there will be no "hops, and the people of the United States would
the dividends am not deductible before therefore, no mercy.
l
support this covenant
I am an
claimed by either or divided.
computing surtax In the case of re­
“There can b# no mercy where there American, and I knew they would.
Aocuraey Required. •
turns by husbend and wlfs, tbs nat
Absoluts accuracy Is necceaary In Income of each* to considered separate­ is no hops, for why should you spars What a avast revenge it to upon the
making up Income figures. Any per­ ly la computing any surtax that may another if you yourself expect to per­ old world. They laughed a t us ones;
son who Is wdKlng for wages should he due. Form 1040 should be used for ish. Why should you ba pitiful if you they thought wa did not moan our
And out exactly how much ha received making returns of net Income exceed­ can get no pity? Why should you be professions of principle.
during the whole year 101R Fees, ing $9,000, aad tbs Instructions on that
“They thought so until 1917.
It
bank Interest, bond Interest, dividends form will show how to figure the sur­ , ust if, upon every hand, you are put
upon,
waa hardly credible to them th at we
rents received, and all other Items ta x
‘There to another thing whiih I would do more than sand men over
must be reported correctly. Mem
Business House Returns,
guesses am not accepted, for they am
Employers and others who paid think the critics of the covenant have and go through the forms of helping,
unjust allka to the taxpayer sad the wages, salaries, rents. Interest or sim­ not observed. They not only have not and when they saw multitudes hasten­
Government, and defeat the proper ad­ ilar determinable galas In an amount observed the temper of the world, but ing across the saas, and saw what
ministration Af the law.
of $1,000 or over daring 1918 to any they have not observed the temper of thea multitudes were eager to do when
parson must fils an Information return those splendid boys in khaki that titay they got to the other side, they stood
with tbs Government Blanks may ba sent across tha aOaa. I hnva had J n e amazed and said, T he thing to real.
*
secured from the Collector.
* INCOME TAX IB
Every partnership must file a return proud consciousness of tha refietted This nation to tha friend of mankind
TRULY POPULAR.
*
showing Ita Income and deductions sad glory of those boys, bacauao tha con­ as it said it waa.’
m ■ mmmm
“The enthusiasm, tha hope, the
* #
the name aad address of each partner, stitution made me their command ar­
“The payment of Income taxes
*
with his share of the profits or losses ts-chief and they have taught me trust, the confluence tn the future
* takes on a saw significance
daring the past year. Personal service some lessons.
bred by that change of view is indes­
* which should be understood by
corporations will fils similar laferma-
cribable.
“When
we
went
into
tha
war
wa
* evory cttlssa. The taxation sys­
tloa for 1818
T a k e an individual American aad
went into it on the basis of declara­
* tem of this country Is truly pop­
you
may often find him selfish aad
tions
which
it
was
my
privilege
to
ut­
ular,
of
tbs
people,
by
the
peo­
*
* ple and for tbs people. Every
ter, because I believed them to be an confined to his «pedal interests; but
* citizen la llaMo to tax, and the
interpretation af the purpose and taka the A aerean in tha mass and he
* INCOME TAX FAY#
* amount of the tax Is gradaatad
willing to die for an ides.
The
*
FO R‘PUBLIC BENEFITS.
thought of the people of the United
* according to the success and for­
sweet revenge, therefore, to this, that
States.
* tune attained by each Individual
*
''Viewed la Its largest aad
“And these boys went over there wa believed in righteousness and new
* la availing himself of the oppor­
* truest sense, the payment of
tunities
created
and
preserved
*
with the fading th at they were sa­ we are ready to make the supreme
A taxes to payment fur benefits
* by our free Institutions Tbs
credly bound to the realisation of sacrifice for it—tha supreme sacrifice
* recslvsd or expected. Only from
* method and degree of tbs tax la
A a narrow and essentially selfish
those ideals; that they were net only of throwing in our fortunes with the
* determined by ne favored d e s s
A and shortsighted viewpoint can
going,
over there to beat Germany, fortunes of men every where.
* but by the representatives of the
A tbs Individual propose to hlm- A j they wore not going over there merely
Try Thin for 8m
* people. Tbs proceeds of the tax
A self the evasion of tax liability
* should be regarded aa a national
Eat slowly, masticato your food
A as a desirable course of action.** _ with resentment in their hearts
0 against a particular outlaw nation, thoroughly. E at but Httle moat and
* investment"—Daniel C. Roper,
A —Daniel G.
non« at all for supper. If you aro
* Comm!as!osar a £ Internal
A but that they wars creasing
A er of
with sour stomach taka
*
A 000 miles of saa in order to show to stili j a troubled
A ‘
t Chambarlain’i Tablet« bado««
*
Europe that tha Untied
going to bed.
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