Most Married Couples Said
Requirements for Joint lax
Editor' not: This If the second
of five dispatches in which the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
provides simple ruidposts for th
preparation and filing of your in
com tax return.
By DANA LATHAM
Commissioner of Internal
Revenue
(Written lor U.P.I.)
Washington-CPD-Uncle Sam
gives married folk a break on
their taxes.
II they meet several basic
conditions-and most married
couples do - husbands and
wives can file a joint return,
Tips on Reporting
Income for Taxes
Washington TPfc- Besides
your regular wages or sal
ary, you must report as in
come on your tax return
such monies as interest en
your savings account, jury
foes, tips, royalties from
patents or copyrights, stock
dividends, rents, estate or
trust income, annuities,
pensions and contest or
gambling winnings.
Some items not subject to
Income tax are dividends
on a veteran's life insur
ance, social security bene
fits, state bonus to veterans,
life insurance proceeds up
on death, workmen's com
pensation for sickness and
injury, stale unemployment
benefits, refunds of Federal
income tax, repayment of
loans, and monthly govern
ment allowances to families
of servicemen.
thereby possibly reducing
their tax bill.
Before filing, however, fig
ure your tax two ways: on the
basis of separate returns and
on a joint basis. You may se
lect whichever way means the
smaller tax.
Even if you filed separate
returns last year, you may
file jointly for 1958 income
You have a new choice each
year.
Here's why a joint return
may save you money: as you
know, our rate structure is
progressive. As taxable in
come increases, the tax rate
goes up. For example, a man
with $10,000 taxable income
will pay more than twice the
tax a person earning $5,000 a
year pays (all other things be
ing equal). Now, when you
file a joint return you are
taxed as if your combined in
come were divided evenly be
tween husband and wife and
each were paying only for his
half. That way, the tax rate is
lower.
Infrequent Circumstances
Joint filing is not permitted
In some relatively infrequent
circumstances. They are: If
you were divorced or legally
separated on or before Dec.
31, 1958; if you are married
to a non-citizen who does not
live in this country; or if you
and your wife report your in
come on the basis of different
tax years (for example, you
report your income for a 12
month period ending June 30
and your wife uses the regu
lar calendar year).
You may even file a joint
return if your wife had no in
come at all last year. In fact,
that is one set of circum
stances in which the joint re
turn is virtually certain to re
duce your tax bill.
Even if you didn't marry
her-or him-until New Year's
Eve, but before midnight, you
are considered married for
the entire year (for tax pur
poses) and may file a joint
return.
If you wife worked only ir
regularly or part time and
earned less than $600, a joint
return will probably be to
your advantage. She might
get a refund (for taxes with
held) if she filed separately.
but you would lose her as an
exemption and would not be
able to file a joint return. (I'll
discuss exemptions in detail
in tomorrow's article.)
You may also file a joint
return if your spouse died
during 1958 and you did not
remarry before the end of the
year. In some circumstances
the surviving spouse may
claim the same income-split
ting benefits of a joint return
Protestants Defend
Knightsof Columbus
Against 'Document7
Washington-UPB-A Protest
ant organization has under
taken to defend the Catholic
Knights of Columbus against
the implications of a "Hate
Document'' now being circu
lated in America.
Protestants and O th e r
Americans United for separy
ation of church and state
said the document, which
purpurts to be a secret "oath"
taken by Knights of Colum
bus, is completely "fraudu
lent."
"This 'oath' couched in fan
tastic language is supposed to
bind Knights of Columbus to
'wage war' on their oppon
ents and 'to spare neither sex
nor condition,'" a statement
issued here by POAU said.
Oath' Widely Circulated
"It seems strange that cred
ence should be given to s
manifest fabrication of this
sort," it added, "yet we are
convinced that the oath is
being widely circulated and
that it is gaining acceptance
in some quarters" as a valid
document.
POAU said that "careful
research" has proved there is
no foundation whatever for
the document. It is some
times passed off as authentic
on the grounds that it was
once publisnea in trie con
gressional record. This is
true, POAU said but it was
published in the record (in
1913) only as "a sample of
bigotry."
POAU, which has often
criticized Catholic activities
as a threat to U.S. constitu
tional principles of separa
tion of church and state, said
its statement was issued in
the hope of preventing the
injection of any such false is
sues in the 1960 election cam
paign. It noted in this connection
"the possibility of a presiden
tial candidate of the Roman
Catholic faith" presumably
a reference to Democratic
Sen. John F. Kennedy of
Massachusetts.
"We believe that there are
serious and pressing church-
state issues involved in the
candidacy of a person of Ro
man Catholic faith," POAU
said. "Some of these issues
are the Catholic boycott of
public schools, the Catholic
hierarchy's drive for public
funds, the appointment of an
ambassador to the Vatican,
and the possibility of a na
tional law, like the law in
Massachusetts and Connecti
cut, which forbids physicians
to give birth control infor
mation.
"Dishonest controversial
ists must be given no oppor
tunity to blow up such inane
items as the 'Knights of Col
umbus oath' into hostile head
lines or to divert attention
from significant issues by
such old wives' tales."
Sophomore Girls
Organize Club
Sophomore Tri Hi Y girls
met at the Young Men's
Christian association recently
to organize their club and
nominate officers.
Fourteen girls from the
sophomore class at Medford
High school were present to
nominate officers. Officer
nominations were president,
Rita Johnson, Marida Winch-
ell, and Becky Rowan; vice
president, Nancy Donahue,
and Susan Yoder; secretary,
Karen Simcox, Jackie White:
treasurer, Salli Reule, Betty
Kyker; Chaplain, Suzy
Thomp. Elections will be held
at the next meeting.
A committee of Betty Kyler,
Becky Rowan and Jeanette
Dahlstrom was apponited to
select a club name.
Plans for a slumber party
were discussed and will be
announced at the next meet
ing Feb. 12 at 7:30 p.m. at the
YMCA.
U. S. candy consumption is
18 pounds per capita a year.
To Meet
Returns
for the two years following.
- A couple filing jointly has
the same choice of forms an
individual has. Generally,
the couple's combined income
was less than $10,000, either
the short card form 1040A or
the long form 1040 may be
used. If income was $10,000
or more, the couple must use
form 1040.
When husband and wife
file a joint return, both must
sign it. Each becomes individ
ually liable for any tax owed
the government. The wife, for
example, can be held legally
liable even though she did no
work and received no income
during the year.
Pay Requirement
The way to avoid any prob
lem is to enclose with your
return a check or money or
der for the amount you owe
(if you compute your tax
yourself). This is not Just
suggestion, but a requirement.
In filing a joint return you
add both the husband's and
the wife's income (if any) and
list the exemptions and de
ductions (standard or item
ized) to which both are enti
tled. Keep in mind, however,
that if you file separate re
turns and one of, you itemizes
his or her deductions, the oth
er must also itemize his.
You must attach to your
joint return both the hus
band's and the wife's Forms
W-2. If you file separately, at
tach the right W-2 form to the
right return.
One tax item which affects
couples more often than it af
fects individuals is buying or
selling a house.
As a general rule, if you
sell your home or any other
personal property, such as
stocks or bonds, you must pay
a tax on the profit you make,
There is an exception which
applies in certain cases where
you sell your residence.
If you sold your home in
1958 for a higher price than
you paid, you need not pay
tax on the profit if you buy
and occupy another house
within 12 months before or
after the sale and pay as much
or more for the new one as
you got for the one you sold
Have 18 Months
If you sold your home and
built a new one-instead of
buying an existing house-you
have 18 months after the sale
instead of 12. That is, you
must move In within IB
months.
If you buy or build a new
house for less than you sold
the old one, you must pay tax
on part, or all, of the profit
from selling the old. If you
owned the old house for more
than six months, the tax may
be at lower rates.
Information of this kind
should be reported in detail
on a separate tax form, called
Schedule D. Summarize it on
page 3 of form 1040.
I will discuss deducting in
terest payments on the mort-
ease on vour house in the
fourth article of the series.
(Next: Exemptions)
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Burden of Annual
Tax Filing Chore
Lighter This Year
By United Press International
Washington (DPD Nearly
one American in three is fil
ing a Federal income tax re
turn this year. For millions of
taxpayers, the burden of this
annual chore is lighter this
year thanks to a change in the
rules.
We estimate that by mid
night April 15, the filing
deadline, some 30 million tax
payers will have made their
accounting for 1958 to Uncle
Sam on the pocket-sized,
punch card Form 1040 A.
About twice as many peo
ple will be able to use Form
1040 A as last year. The rea
son: we liberalized the rules.
The government won't lose
any money - in fact it may
even save some in- clerical
costs - and the extra 15 mil
lion taxpayers eligible to use
Form 1040A will probably
save lots of time this income
tax season.
Pretty Much Same
Except for this change, the
tax rules and rates are pretty
much the same as last year.
Congress made quite a few
technical changes in the tax
laws last summer, but thev
generally do not affect the
ordinary wage or salary
earner.
In particular, one thing is
as important this year as it
ever was: file your return as
soon as you can. If you're en
titled to a refund, you'll have
to wait less time for it if you
file early.
In all, nearly 70 million
persons will file 1958 returns.
You must file if you were a
citizen or resident of the
United States under 65 years
of age with income last year
of at least $600. If you were
age 65 by Dec. 31, 1958, you
must file only if your income
was $1,200 or more.
You will also have to file a
return if you made less than
$600 (or $1,200 over 65), had
some money withheld by your
employer and want to get it
back m a refund.
Two Basic Returns
There are two basic tax re
turns - Form 1040A, a buff
colored punch card about the
size of a check, and Form
1040, four pages printed on
white paper.
Many taxpayers incur need
less trouble for themselves by
filing the long Form 1040
when they could use the short
card Form 1040 A.
Form 1040A is for persons
whose gross income was less
than $10,000 last year includ
ing not more than $200 from
dividends, interest, and wages
on which tax was NOT with
held by an employer. For ex
ample, a man whose salary
was $500 (on which tax was
withheld) and who got $40 in
dividends from stock or from
odd jobs would be eligible to
file on Form 1040A. But if he
got $250 in dividends or odd
income he would have to file
on Form 1040. In both cases,
the taxpayer must report both
his regular income and his
'other" income.
A husband and wife earn
ing less than $10,000 from
their combined wages and
salaries, with no more than
$200 from dividends, interest,
and wages not subject to with
holding of income, also may
use the Form 1040A to file a
joint return. . (More about
joint husband-wife returns in
tomorrow's article.)
16 Items
Form 1040A calls for 16
items" of basic information
such as your name and ad
dress, social security number,
employer's name, your wages,
amount of tax withheld,
names of children and other
dependents and signature.
You'll also find three lines
relating to the computation of
your tax liability. If your in
come was less than $5,000,
you have the option of figur
ing your own tax from the
Tax Table or having the In
ternal Revenue Service do it
for you. You then will be sent
bill for the balance due or a
check for the refund.
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