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Pedifction; Glaums May Be Dtemnzed
By EDWARD COWAN
United Press International
Washington-(UP&-Deductions
lor certain types of expenses
may be subtracted from your
income m figuring up the
"taxable income" on which
you owe Federal taxes.
Everyone who files a re
turn automatically gets a de
duction of 10 per cent un
less he claims a larger deduc
tion and itemizes the claim
on his return.
For example, if you report
wages of $4,700 and rental in
come of $520 and you had no
Deductible Items
On Income Noted
Washington -m- If you
take itemized deductions,
you may deduct such items
as:
Retail sales taxes; medic
al expenses, including eye
glasses and dentures, above
3 per cent of your income;
interest on a home mort
gage; and special schooling
for the mentally or physic
ally handicapped.
Also, dues paid to unions
and professional societies;
contributions to charities,
non-profit schools, hospit
als, churches (including as
sessments) and veterans or
ganisations. You may not deduct such
things as:
t Expenses for social clubs;
hunting or fishing licenses;
auto inspection fees; trips
ordered or suggestion for
changes of environment by
your doctor; water taxes;
accidental loss of cash or
personal property (except
in cases of natural calamity
or theft); damage by rust or
gradual erosion; loss on
auto trade-in; travel to and
from work; legal penalties
or fines; rent paid for your
house or apartment.
other earnings, your income
was $5,220 and you may take
a standard deduction of $522,
regardless of wether your de
ductable expenses actually
totaled that much.
But suppose you spent
more than $522 say $600
for things which Uncle Sam
lets you deduct from your in
come tax. Then, instead of
taking the standard deduction
of 10 per cent, you would
want to itemize your deduc
tions, which means listing
your allowable expenses in
detail. ,
Limitation Noted
There is a limitation on
taking the standard deduc
tion: You can't claim more
than $1,000 that way. If your
allowable expenses exceed
$1,000, you may claim them
in full by listing them in
itemized form.
take itemized deduc
you must use Form
To
tions
1040W or Form 1040. If you
file on Form 1040A, the card
form, you may take only the
standard deduction.
In deciding whether to take
a standard deduction or item
ized deductions, the best pro
cedure is to list the latter on
a piece of paper and com
pare the total with 10 per
cent of your income.
What is deductible?
The following major run
down should answer most of
your questions about your
own expenses. If it does not,
you can telephone or visit
your local Internal Revenue
Service office.
Contributions Deductible
if they go to religious, chant-.
able, educational, scientific or
literary organizations. How
ever, the organizations must
not be operated for personal
profit nor carry on propa
ganda nor engage in lobbying
in Congress or other law
making bodies. Political con
tributions, whether to parties
or individual candidates, may
not be deducted.
In general, the deduction
for contributions may not ex
ceed 20 per cent of income.
But the limit may be as high
as 30 per cent if the extra 10
per cent covers donations to
churches and certain tax
exempt organizations.
Medical Expenses M e d i-
cal and dental payments gen
erally are partly deductible.
If you were under 65 at the
end of the tax year you may
deduct any medical and den
tal expenses which exceed 3
per cent of your -income. If
either you or your wife were
65 or over before the end of
the year, you may claim ALL
medical expenses incurred by
both of you.
The list of deductible items
includes payments to physi
cians, surgeons, dentists, op
tometrists, qualified psycholo
gists and Christian Science
practitioners.
Also deductible are expens
es for diagnosis, treatment or
prevention of disease; hospi
tal bills, nursing, laboratory
services; eye-glasses, hearing
aids, artificial limbs, ambul
ance charges; payments for
drugs which exceed 1 per cent
of your income.
You may also deduct pay
ments for hospital and medi
cal care plans. But your de
ductions must be reduced by
reimbursements you got from
death insurance or similar
sources during the year.
Taxes Most state and lo
cal taxes directly levied on
you may be deducted. These
include state income, real
estate, personal property and
sales taxes. You may not de
duct Federal excise, social se
curity or income taxes; hunt
ing or dog license fees; wat
er assessments or automobile
inspection fees.
Child Care Deductible
only if paid for care while
the mother is working or ac
tively looking for a job, or
by men who are divorced,
legally separated 'or widow
ers. The child need not be the
taxpayer's own but must be
a dependent under 12 years
of age. Also eligible is care
for any other dependent
physically or mentally unable
to care for himself.
Child care deductions are
limited to $600, regardless of
how many dependents you
have. You may not deduct
payments for baby-s i 1 1 e r s
when you go out socially or
money paid to your children
or other dependents for baby
sitting.
If vou have a maid who
does general housework as
well as care for your chil
dren, you may deduct only
the part of her pay that rep
resents the time spent look
ine after the youngsters. If
you claim a child care deduc
tion, you must submit details
either on Form 2441 or m a
separate statement
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SIZES V 1 1
BUTTE FALLS
Mothers March Tonight
By MARY JO HARRIS
Butte Falls-The March of
Dimes Mothers March will
get underway here tonight at
7 p.m. Mothers will stop, at
every door asking for contri
butions, which will go into a
fund to be used for victims of
arthritis, birth defects and
polio. Local residents are
asked to turn on their porch
lights and to please tie up
their dogs. Local chairman is
Mrs. Randall Perkins.
The Brownie and Girl
Scout investure will be held
at 7 p.m., Wednesday Feb. 3
at the high school auditorium.
Parents and friends are in
vited. Girl Scout leader is
Mrs. Don Strong. Brownie
leader is Mrs. Virgil Conley
and assistant is Mrs. Wm. Har
ris. Also assisting the Brownie
leaders is Mrs. Richard Pep
ple. The executive committee of
the PTA will met Wednesday
afternoon, Feb. 3 at the grade
school. The February meet
ing of the PTA will be held
Monday evening, Feb. 8 at
the high school auditorium.
The Founders Day program
will be featured and a silver
offering will be taken.
ing a recent game.
Mrs. Glen Cathey was re
cently hospitalized for several
days at the Sacred Heart hos
pital where she underwent
treatment. Mrs. Cathy is con
valescing at home.
Mr. and Mrs. William Har
ris and family recently spent
a weekend at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Vera Helbig, Grants
Pass. Mrs. Helbig is the moth
er of Mrs. Harris. Also visit
ing at the Helbig home were
Mrs. Helbig's son Donny and
Mr. Helbig's son Jim. Donny
is undergoing treatment for a
very serious ear condition and
Jim and Marine has just re
turned from Guam and Ja
pan.
Butte Falls PTA will hold
a spaghetti dinner and auc
tion Friday evening, March
11 as their major money-making
project of the year.
Hopes are high for the be
ginning of a Mothers Singers
group in the Butte Falls area.
Everyone is welcome and
there are no requirements
that those interested be mem
bers of the PTA. Anyone in
terested is asked to contact
Mrs. Russell Ragsdale, Mrs.
Don Strong or Mrs. William
Harris.
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The February meeting of
the Butte Falls Lion Auxil
iary will be held Tuesday
evening, Feb. 2 at the home of
Mrs. 'Randall Perkins. Re
freshments will be served fol
lowing the business meeting.
At the January meeting, '"sec
ret pals" were disclosed and
names drawn again.
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Harris
received word Sunday of a
new grandson, born to Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Tracy of
John Day, Oregon. The baby
weighed 8 pounds, 12 ounces.
Mrs. Tracy is a daughter of
the Harris' and the Tracys are
former residents of Butte
Falls.
The Butte Falle Lions met
the, Prospect Lions at Pros
pect recently in a donkey bas
ketball game. The Butte Falls
Lions came out on top, and
another game is scheduled at
Butte Falls Feb. 10. Players
from Butte Falls included Al
lan Pingle, Bruce Pingle Jr.,
Duane Smeltzer, Bill Harris,
"Corky" McCorkindale, Andy
Hamstra, Mike Estes, Dar
win Moore and Bill Irwin.
Several basketball casual
ties have been reported from
Butte Falls High school re
cently. Injured in practice
were William Hunter, supt. of
schools, and Darrell Hawkins.
senior and student body presi
dent. Hunter broke two bones
in his foot and Darrell broke
his ankle. Doug Fisher also
suffered a sprained ankle dur-
Quick-Thaw Method
Urged for Frostbite
Chicago - IUPD - Police and
other first-aid groups which
deal with winter emergencies
have been urged to adopt the
so-called, quick-thaw method
of treating frostbite.
Writinz in the Journal of
the International College of
Surgeons, Dr. John T. Phelan
said current methods are in
adequate and that "a quick
thaw at approximately 110
degrees Fahrenheit is the best
first-aid treatment because it
shortens the time the frost
bitten tissue is exposed to
cold."
Dr. Phelan, a professor at
the University of Wisconsin
medical school, warned that
time is crucial in frostbite
cases.
"Depending on the person
and which partof the body is
affected," he said, "there is a
point at which part of the
body is affectable, irrespec
tive of the treatment afford
ed." Dr. Phelan said that too
often both the patient and the
physician fail to take frost
bite seriously until gangrene
sets in. Bed rest should be
prescribed immediately, h e
said, particularly when the
feet are involved.
Once the frostbitten limb is
thawed, he added, don't warm
it any further, but maintain
blood circulation and prevent
further injury with bandages
and antibiotics.
Married women whose hus
bands are capable of self-support
must file joint returns
with their husbands to claim
child care deductions. Such
expenses must be reduced by
the amount, if any, by which
their combined adjusted gross
income exceeds $4,500. This
does not apply if a husband
is incapable of self-support
because of physical or men
tal disability.
Interest-Your interest pay
ments on a mortgage, person
al loan, installment purchase
or back taxes may be deduct
ed. Installment purchase car
rying charges may be de
ducted according to the fol
lowing formula: determine
how much you owed on the
purchase at the beginning of
each month in the tax year;
add these amounts, divide by
12 and compute 6 per cent of
that figure. The final answer
is what you may deduct, pro
vided it is not more than the
total carrying charge for the
year.
1 9 MAIL TRIBUTE, Medford, Or.
lhd A Thurediy, Jan. 28, 1968
LEADER - Shown above is
Pierre LaGaillarde, 26, one of
the two leaders of insurgent
settlers entrenched in Algiers.
He was reported to be seek
ing an interview with the
commander of the French Ar
my in Algeria. With him was
Joseph Ortiz, the other lead
er of the settlers.
(UPI Telephoto)
Nicaragua Has
First J-Graduates
Managua, Nicaragua - (0PD -Nicaragua
has graduated its
first class of professional
newspapermen from a new
journalism school run by the
United States Information
Agency. v
Thirty-five newsmen, repre
senting every paper in Nicar
agua, attended the 19 weeks
of classes taught by two U.S.
professors and leading Nicar
agua n educators.
Nicaraguan President Luis
Somoza said he hopes U.S.
journalistic guidance will be
reflected in the newsmen's
attitude toward their profes
sion, and that as the number
of the school's graduates in
creases, Nicaraguan newspa
pers will more and more re
semble those of the United
States.
Somoza said that newspa
pers in Nicaragua, as well as
those in other "south of the
border" lands, should strive
for the high standards of
journalism which he has seen
practiced in the U.S.
Famous Boston Writer Was Small
Boston - (0PD - Oliver Wen
dell Holmes, Boston's famed
physician-author of the 19th
century, was small in stature.
Once, at a meeting of physi
cians, he found himself with
a group of doctors who tower
ed over him.
"You must have felt very
small among those tall men,"
a friend remarked later.
"Yes," said Holmes. "I felt
like a dime among a bushel
of pennies."
TIMELY TUNE
Leicester, England-DPD-The
tune being played on the juke
box in a Lancaster cafe was
"Dynamite" when an . explo
sion, apparently caused by a
faulty gas range, rocked the
cafe. Firemen had to be called
to douse the flames.
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