Monday. January 28. 19S7.
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE WVH
Effort Made To fvlake Income Tax Filing
Editor note: Br rriday. Feb. 1,
every employed person should receive
from his employer statement show
inc how much he earned In 195s a-id
how much federal tax -was withheld.
Then the taxpaver can start fiihnf
out his income tax form.
The deadline for returns U April
15. But refunds are made first come,
first served. If yon are one of several
million persons who will be entitled
to refunds, the sooner you file your
return, the sooner you will get It.
And the internal Revenue Service,
too. will be grateful if you file earlv.
To help taxpayers, the Internal Rev
enue commissioner. Russell C. Har
rington, has written five dispatches
for the United Press. Toe first follows:
By RUSSELL C. HARRINGTON
Internal Revenue Commissioner
Written for United Press
Washington (U.R) The In
ternal Revenue Service has tried
to make taxpaying easier for you
thij year, by making no sub
stantial changes in the income
tax returns you have to file.
The tax law is essentially the
same as last year and the rates
of the tax are the same, so we
have made no substantial
changes in the forms. The time
you spent preparing last year's
return, therefore, should stand
you in good stead this year, be
cause you will be covering fa
miliar ground.
The one change we have made
in the blank forms was to satisfy
the many taxpayers who use the
simple punch card tax form and
want to know how much they
owe instead of leaving the
arithmetic for us. For them, we
have devised a quick, three-line
calculation method to be used
If they so choose.
But before I explain that, let
me lay down the very basic rules
of federal income taxation, in
which there have been no
changes at all:
The regular deadline for an
Individual to file his or her re
turn is still midnight of Monday,
April 15. The sooner you file, of ;
course, the sooner your return j
will be processed for billing or .
possible refund.
The upwards of 65 million peo
ple who must file, in general,
those who are citizens or resi
dents of the United States under
65 years of age, having income ;
of at least S600. Individuals who j
are 65 or over need file only if i
their income is $1,200 or high-1
er. I
There are two basic forms on
which to file Form 1040 (white
paper) and Form 1040A a buff
colored card, the size of a check
and almost as, easy to fill out. j
Most taxpayers can use the
brief and simple card Form
1040A including many who are
troubling themselves unnecessar
ily with the longer Form 1040.
The card form is specifically
designed for persons whose in
come last year was less than
S5.000 as in the form of wages
or salary from which the em
ployer withheld money for fed
eral income taxes every payday.
A salary or wage earner with
up to $100 of extra income
from a partime job or dividends,
for instance may also use the
card form, so Ion" as his total
income was less than S5.000.
A husband and wife who earn
less than 55,000 from their com
bined wages and salaries, includ
ing not more than $100 in other
forms of income, may also use
the simple card Form 1040A to
file a joint return.
People whose total income is
So, 000 or more and those having
more than S100 income not sub
ject to withholding must file on
the longer Form 1040.
Anyone whose income is less
Quotes From the News
By UNITED PRESS
Washington Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey (D.-Minn.) charging
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles "may very well have out
lived his usefulness":
"A large number of congressmen just don't have confidence in
Dr. Dulles. It's the wrong doctor, the wrong prescription, for the
wrong disease."
Jerusalem, Israeli Sector Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman
Moshe Leshem attacking U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammar
kjold's demand for Israeli evacuation of Gaza and the Aqaba
coast:
"There is no indication that the secretary-general has taken this
situation into proper account nor that he has even asked Egypt
whether she is prepared to abandon the state of war and make
peace."
Ludlow, 'Mass. Roman Catholic Archbishop Richard J. Cush
ing of Boston, denouncing the scheduled U.S. visit of Marshal Tito
of Yugoslavia:
"The spectacle of the United States rolling out the welcome
mat to honor this tyrant would be a crushing blow to the hopes of
billions of captive people around the world." '
Vienna Mrs. Georgette Meyer Chapelle, American free-lance
photographer arriving in Vienna after being freed from a Hunga
rian jail where she had spent more than seven weeks on a charge
of entering the country illegally:
"Thank God I am an American!"
BUTTE FALLS
Work On Church Progresses
By MART JO HARRIS
Butte Falls Construction
work on the new addition to the
Butte' Falls Community church j
has progressed in the past few
weeks. The windows are in, sid-!
ing is on, amber glass has been i
put on both ends of building
and both heating units have been j
installed. The Reverend Howard
Simmonds reports that the work
next week will consist of floor
ing the new addition.
Don Ellis and Bill Dunlap,
both students of the Butte Falls
High school recently joined the
Naval Reserves. Don is a son of
Mr. and Mrs. Les Ellis and Bill
is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Dun
lap Sr.
Monty and Terry Facey, both i
in the Naval Reserve, have quit j
school to go into tne active
service. Monty and Terry are
the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Bur
rell Facey.
Approximately S82 was donat
ed to the March of Dimes at the
Old Time Country Dance spon
sored this past week by the
Butte Falls community service
clubs. Included in the S82 was a
$25 donation made by the local
union.
The annual Mothers March un
der the leadership of the Butte
Falls Mt. Pitt club is scheduled
for Thursday. Jan. 31. Residents
wishing to make a contribution
are asked to turn front porch
lights on. Mothers wearing iden
tification'will only stop at light
ed doorways. Approximate time
set for this drive will be from
7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Doug Finch is the chairman
for the March of Dimes in the
Butte Falls area.
7. They are now living in Klam
ath Falls, where Donald is at
tending the Oregon Technical
Institute.
than $600 need not file any tax
return at all, but ... if taxes
were withheld when it was paid
to him, he is entitled to a refund.
You must file a return to claim
that refund.
Basic Information
The card Form 1040A fof 16
items of basic information, such
things as your name and ad
dress, social security number,
employer's name, your wages, in
come tax withheld, names of
children and other dependents
and signature.
As I pointed out earlier, this
year's card form has the one
noteworthy change we have
made in the tax forms.
The card form has three new
lines which give you the option
of calculating how much tax you
owe in addition to what has been
withheld, or how much refund
you have coming.
If you choose to make this cal
culation, and find you owe more
than was withheld, you must
send the money in with your re
turn. You cannot wait for us to
send you a bill. Anyone who uses
the card form will automatically
get the standard 10 per cent de
duction for medical expenses,
contributions, and the like, with
out any extra calculating.
j Make out your check or money
I order to "Internal Revenue Bu-
A Simple Matter for Most Americans
reau Service" we are no longer
the "Bureau of Internal Reve
nue" and mail it with your re
turn to your district director of
internal revenue. There is at
least one district director in
every state.
If you choose not to make the
tax calculation, you send the
form to the district director as
in the past years. He will figure
out your tax and send you a bill
In any case, be sure to enclose
copy B of the Form W2 which
your employer gives you, show
ing how much you were paid and
how much tax he held out of
your pay envelope.
When you fill out your re
turn you may round off the dol
lar figures you use eliminate
anything less than 50 cents and
increase any amont between 50
cents and 99 cents to the next
highest dollar. "
The taxpayers who cannot use
the card form those who must
use Form 1040 are those who
have wage or salary income of
$5,000 or more, or more than
$100 of other income, and those
who want to itemize their de
ductions because they are big
ger than the optional allowance
standard amount of 10 per cent
of income.
In filing on Form 1040, you
use as much of the four-page
form as necessary one, two,
three or all four pages. In any
case, you must determine the
amount of your tax and send in
any balance due (if you owe
any) witfi your return.
If you use only the first page
of Form 1040,. you determine
your tax from the tax table in
the. official instructions which
have been mailed to you (or can
be picked up at most post of
fices.) The table gives you an
authentic, unseen deduction of
10 per cent, to cover medical ex
penses, contributions, interest
and other deductible items.
If you are a Form 1040 filer
and your income comes from
other sources than salary or
wages such as dividends, inter
est, rent, capital gains you
must list your income in the ap
propriate sections on page 3
and compute your tax on tha
rate tables which are provided.
The mailing address is the same
for all returns: District Director
of Internal Revenue (in the
headquarters city for your dis
trict.) Tomorrow: Should a husband
and wife file joint or separate
returns? What about taxes on
sale of a house?
Read and Oae Classined Ada
The Community's BiRgest Marketplace
Dead line Sunday Classified is at
at noon Saturday.
The Butte Falls Lions club and
auxiliary held their monthly pot
luck supper Wednesday, Jan. 23
at the Union hall. The Lions met
following supper and have a pro
ject underway for the March of
Dimes.
Lions club member Ernest
Smith showed slides taken on
various trips, scenes from our
local countryside, both cultured
and wild flowers, local logging
operations and various Lion ac
tivities. Guests from the Prospect
Lions club were Sid Morse,
Wally Jenkins, Arnie Kettle
stead, Vic Chapman, Lowell Ash,
Ralph Good, Cleve Cleveburg
and George Hubbard.
Guests from Butte Falls were
Mr. and Mrs. Randal Perkins
and Mr. and Mrs. John Hen-shaw.
Medco men were off work
Thursday, Jan. 24 because of
heavy snow in the mountains.
Snow has been falling for two
days and is still piling up with
approximately six inches of new
snow in town.
Recent visitors to the Butte
Falls High school were Mr. Mek
vold. county school superintend
ent and Dr. Cliff Robertson.
At a special meeting of the Mt.
Pitt club held at the home of Mrs.
Eugene Irwin last wek mem
bers voted a straight $25 dona
tion to the March of Dimes rath
er than go ahead with their
scheduled project for the polio
drive.
Installation of officers for the
Community hall was held last
week. Officers installed were
John Henshaw, president, Ed
Malloy. first vice president,
Bri .e Pingle. second vice presi
dent, Cecil Taunton, secretary,
and Ruth Capello, treasurer.
The Building Committee was
named with Ed Malloy as chair
man and Burrell Facey and Orb
Abbott as committeemen.
A recent wedding was that of
Miss Elaine Davison, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Davison of
the Midway Station, to Donald
Henshaw, son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Henshaw. Butte Falls.
The pair, accompanied by
their parents, motored to Klam
ath Falls and were married Jan.
Jetrry Mattern, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Floyd Mattern received in
juries to his leg while practicing
basketball. Jerry is back at
school on crutches.
Miss Lucille Tweed, a teacher
at the high school has been re
ported ill.
Out of every consumer dollar
spent for pork, about 25 cents
goes for fat cuts, the meat pack
er estimate.
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