Veterans Must File
Income Tax Returns
Veterans who are "in the fog"
regarding the payment of Oregon
state income taxes for 1945 were
reminded this week that they, like
civilians, must file returns before
the April 15 deadline.
This reminder came from Hugh
E. Rosson, state veterans' affairs
director, who was advised by the
state income tax commission offi
cials as to the obligations and ex
emptions Oregon's returning ser
vicemen have regarding their in
come tax. The veteran should keep
these points in mind, the tax ex
perts said:
1. He must file a report on his
1945 earnings.
2. He is allowed a $3000 annual
exemption while in active service,
making it unlikely that he will
have any taxes, to pay unless his
service pay exceeded that, or un
less he had an income aside from
nis service pay. This exemption
goes back to include the year 1942,
and applies to any kind of income
he had.
3. The $3000 exemption is for
each year, from 1942 on, that the
man was in active service for one
day. For example, if he was dis
charged on Jan. 1, 1945, he can
claim a $3000 deduction on his earn
ing for 1945.
4. The $3000 deduction is in ad
dition to the regular exemption al
lowed all persons. For single men,
an income of $800 or less for the
year is tax-exempt; for married
men, $1500 or less is tax-exempt;
and for each additional dependent,
an additional $300 is tax-exempt
5. When a veteran was granted
a deferment of income tax pay
ments at the time of entering ser
vice, the delinquent tax must be
paid within six months of discharge
in order to avoid penalties.
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AUTOMATIC FIRE ARMS
MUST BE REGISTERED
Firearms of the automatic type,
such as machine guns, sub-machine
guns, or any type of gun from
which a number of shots or bul
lets may be discharged with one
continuous full of the trigger must
be registered with the Commission
er of Internal Revenue, Washing
ton, D. C. through the Alcohol Tax
unit in Oregon, with offices at La
Grande, Portland, Eugene and Kla-
ath Falls.
Many of these firearms brought
or sent into this country from
abroad by members of the armed
forces and merchant marine, either
with or without certificates signed
by commanding officers, have not
been regstered.
It is illegal to transfer firearms
of the types described except by
the payment of the $200 tax as pro-
vidpd bv law. However, if the
firearms are rendered unserviceable
they may be transferred tax-free
as war trophies upon submission
of the proper form to the Com
missioner of Internal Revenue.
The National Firearms Act pro
vides a penalty of a fine not to ex
?ppd $2,000. or imprisonmnt not to
exceed five years, or both, in the
event any person is convicted on a
charge of violating any provision of
the act, which includes failure to
rpcnster a firearm of the type de
scribed and transfer of such firearm
without payment of the $200 tax,
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