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2nd SECTION
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1958
Pages 1 to 10
Choice off Methods Given To Claim
(Deductions on Dncome lax Returns
Editor's note: Following i th
fourth in a series of five articles
designed to help taxpayers in fill
ing out and filing their 1958 in
come tax forms. The series was
prepared especially for United
Press by Russell C. Harrington,
commissioner of internal revenue.
can be claimed by the work- drugs the amount paid for l carrying" charge for the year.
Br
RUSSELL C. HARRINGTON
. Commissioner of Internal
Revenue
(Written for United Press)
Washington (IP) Some of
the money you spent last year
is deductible from your in
come when you are filling out
your tax return.
The law permits taxpayers
to subtract certain amounts
for doctor and other medical
bills, state and local taxes and
some child care and losses. It
also gives you a choice of
methods to claim these expenses.
The effect of the deductions
on your tax is the same as
with the $600 exemption you
- are allowed for yourself and
each of your dependents
that is, it reduces the amount
of income on which you pay
tax.
The first method for taking
your deductions is to use the
"standard deduction." This
gives you a deduction equal
to 10 per cent of your income
You may take it even if your
expenses didn't come to that.
However, you can't deduct
more than $1,000 with the
standard deduction.
Worked Into Tables
it you tile your return on
the card form 1040 A, or use
only the first page of Form
1040 and the tax table includ
ed in the instructions you are
automatically claiming the
standard deduction. It was
worked into the tables.
-14 you decide to figure out
your own tax, you may either
use the standard deduction or
make an item-by-item list of
your deductible expenses. The
best way to decide whether to
use the standard deduction is
to make your own list of these
expenses and compare the
total to what the standard de
7 duction would give you.
Should you decide to sub
mit the itemized list, the de
ductions go on Page 2 of Form
1040.
To help you compute which
of your expenses are deduct
ible, here is a rundown of the
items that may be included:
Contributions Deductible
if they go to religious, charit
able, educational, scienfic or
literary organizations. How
ever, the organizations must
not be operated for personal
profit nor carry on propa
aganda or lobbying in con
gress or other lawmaking bod
ies. Political contributions,
whether to parties or individ
ual candidates, may not be
deducted.
Child Care Deductions
Child Care Deductible if
paid for care while the moth
er is working or looking for
a job, or by men who are di
vorced, legally separated or
widowers. The deduction may
be as much as $600 a year. It
f may be applied only against
care for your own child, a
legally adopted child or step
child younger than 12, or any
other dependent physically or
mentally unable to care for
himself.
Regardless of the number
of children being cared for,
you cannot deduct more than
$600, or even that much if the
care costs less. The deduction
ing wfe only on a joint return
with her husband.
If the couple together earns
INCOME TAX TIPS
Washington IIP) The
government wants you to
know that you cannot de
duct from your income
taxes the money you gave
Junior for cutting the grass.
It seems a little black
and white illustration in
"Your Federal Income Tax,"
an official guide, has given
some parents the wrong im
pression on this point.
The illustration shows a
youngster pushing a lawn
mower. Beneath it was the
rule that parents may de
duct as a business expense
wages paid to their chil
dren. It should have said that
to be deductible the wages
must be for work that is
part of the parent's regular
business. '
The Internal Revenue
Service has received several
hundred inquiries about de
ducting lawnmowing and
similar "chore wages" paid
to children.
If you're not in the lawn
mowing business, you can't
do it.
$4,500 or more, the deduction
must be reduced by the
amount over $4,500. That is,
if their income was $4,700
and the child care expenses
were $500, they could claim
only $300 on the tax return.
Some child-care payments
you may not deduct are for
baby-sitters when you go to
the movies or for money paid
one or more of your children
or dependents for caring for
your other children. If you
have a maid who does gen
eral housework as well as
caring for your children, you
may deduct only for the part
of her pay that represents
the time spent looking after
the youngsters. If you claim
a cniia-care deduction, you
must submit details either on
Form 2441, new this year, or
on a separate statement.
Medical Expenses
Medical Expenses Basical
ly, you may deduct medical
and dental expenses which
amount to" more than 3 per
cent of your income. The first
3 per cent portion of medical
bills may not be deducted un
less you are 65 or older. Tax
payers in that age group may
deduct their total medical ex
penses. In addition to the 3 per cent
rule, there are ceilings on the
amount of money you may
deduct for medical expenses.
Taxpayers claiming only
themselves as exemptions can
not deduct more than $2,500
for one year's medical-dental
expenses. Married , couples
with no dependents are lim
ited to $5,000 on a joint re
turn; with one dependent the
ceiling is $7,500 and with two
or more dependents $10,000.
The list of deductible med
ical items includes payments
to physicians, surgeons, dent
ists, optometrists, qualified
psychologists and Christian
Science practitioners. Also de
ductible are the expenses for
diagnosis, treatment or pre
vention of disease; hospital
bills, nursing, laboratory serv
ices; eyeglasses, hearing aids,
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dregs over 1 per cent of in
come only medical and dent
al supplies, including false
teeth and artifical limbs, am
bulance charges and health
insurance plans covering med
ical care. Your deduction for
medical expenses must be re
duced by the benefits you re
ceived under health plans dur
ing the year.
Storm Losses Generally,
the deduction allowed for
storm, flood or other damages
to your property is the dif
ference between the property
value just before the damage
and its worth after the storm
or other event (before you
make repairs). The rule ap
plies on loss of anything from
a bush to the whole house.
The cost of repairs or replace
ment may not be deducted
just the loss in value. You
may not claim a loss greater
than your original cost for the
property and sentimental val
use does not count.
Interest Deductible
Interest Payments Your
interest on a mortgage, per
sonal loan or back taxes may
be deducted. These are usual
ly clearly marked on your
bills.
When you have . an install
ment purchase on which in
terest fees take the form of
carrying charges, the law pro
vides a formula for comput
ing interest. First, find how
much you owed on the pur
chase at the beginning of each
month. Add these amounts, di
vide by 12 arid compute 6 per
cent of that figure. The final
answer is your interest, which
cannot be more than the total
Taxes Most state and local
taxes directly levied on you
may be deducted. These in
clude income, real estate, per
sonal property and sales taxes.
They do not take in federal
sales and excise taxes; fed
eral social security or income
taxes; hunting or dog licenses,
water assessments or- auto
mobile inspection fees.
Finally, remember that you
need worry about what ex
penses are deductible only if
; "u decide to itemize your
deductions. If you take the
standard deduction, you may
not claim other single items
of expenses.
Medford Students
Win Recognition
Corvallis Karl Douglas
Cummings and Kenneth
Ralph Arnold of - Medford
have won recognition for out-
j standing scholarship at Ore
gon State college.
They are among 32 students
who will be initiated Feb. 20
into Phi Eta Sigma, national
scholastic honor society for
freshmen. Membership in Phi
Eta Sigma is the highest
scholastic honor open to fresh
men at OSC.
Cummings is majoring in
engineering. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Cummings
of 1900 Cherry Heights.
Arnold, also majoring in
engineering, is the son of Mrs.
Edith H. Arnold of 912 West
Eleventh st.
Both are 1957 graduates of
Medford High school.
Disabled Veis May
Ge! Tax Exemption
Disabled war veterans and
their widows should apply!
for state property tax exemp-i
tion by April 1, Ray Schu-j
macher, Jackson county as-'
sessor, has reminded resi
dents. "Application for tax exemp
tion for $7,500 true cash val
ue of the property must be
filed with the county assessor
on or before April 1 of each
year," Schumacher said.
Those entitled include war
veterans with 40 per cent dis
ability or more as certified by
the Veterans administration
or the armed forces, regard
less of the amount of income,
unremarried widows regard
less of income. Pensioned
widows of Spanish American
War veterans and veterans
who get an extra $500 ex
emption regardless of disa
bility or income, the assessor
said.
Veterans with 40 per cent
disability who are so certi
fied by private 'physician or
county health officer rather
than by the Veterans adminis
tration or armed forces are
also entitled. However, in
these cases they must not
have received more than $2,
500 total gross income in the
past year, Schumacher said.
Additional information is
available from the county as
sessor, or the county service
officer of the department of
veterans affairs, he said.
fell -c Mfe 1
Average yield of corn on
U.S. land is 33 bushels to
an acre, but yields of 140
bushels to the acre are not
uncommon and there are re
ports of yields as high as 225
bushels an acre.
DIGGING OUT Residents of Michigan City, in northern
Indiana, are digging out of snowstorms which isolated
the area for several hours, as four to five feet of snow
felL Drifts up to 18 feet high have accumulated in some
places. The weatherman says there is new threat of addi
tional snow in the area.
Nine Apartments Sold in Manor
' Mel Hogan, ' president of
Rogue Valley Manor, has re
ported that nine additional
apartments had been sold
within the past' week to resi
dents of the Rogue valley
bringing the total sold to date
to 85. Another 57 apartments
must be sold before actual
building can begin.
Hogan announced the sales
at a meeting of volunteer
workers who meet each
morning. The meetings began
last week and will continue
until the first quota of 142
apartments are sold, he said.
. George Flanagan, trustee
treasurer, noted that retire
ment home enterprises are
slow in gathering momentum,
and especially until half the
apartments are sold and build
ing starts.
Walter Higgins, executive
director, reported the new
philosophy of the Manor man
agement concerning the sales
effort. To date, he said, the
majority of the apartments
have been sold to Oregonians.
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