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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1963 County Office Making Change In Handling Legal Instruments (Mother, Son Hurt in Medford kcldenl B A. change in handling in struments relating to personal property is now under way in the recording department, ac cording to Jackson County Clerk Marvin Madden. On Sept. 1, chattel mort gages can no longer be filed as such in the clerk's office because of the Uniform Com mercial code of Oregon which j A new instrument called a ; financing statement will be ! fi.'ed. This will include the secured party's name and ad dress, the debtor's name and address, a brief and general description of property used for collateral, the instrument number and maturity date. The statement will serve as Your Money's By SYLVIA PORTER Copyright, Hall Syndicate, Inc. SOCIAL SECURITY AND YOUR HOUSEHOLD EMPLOYEE It is possible that more than half the millions of employ ers of household workers in this country are not contributing the social security taxes they owe on cash wages paid to these employees. If you owe these taxes and you almost surely do if you employ even a part-time cleaning woman or a once-a-week gardener or a baby sitter fairly regularly and if you are a delinquent, this report is of direct importance to you. The Census Bureau is now making an extensive survey of household employers and employees to find out who should come under social security reporting provisions. It is being aided by a mass of statistical material from other govern ment agencies. While the Census study won't be completed until laic autumn and neither the Census Bureau nor the Social Se curity Administration will make "preliminary" guesses, spokesmen admit their earlier confidence on compliance with the law has been shattered. The estimate has been that 75 per cent of household employers are paying taxes due. "It now appears," says a Social Security spokesman, "that the 75 per cent figure is no longer true." Instead of 75 per cent paying, it could be that 50 per cent or more are not paying. You, the employer, must contribute this tax if you pay any household employee S50 or more in cash wages in any calendar quarter. That means you are over the minimum and you owe the tax if you pay a household employee only $5 a week and who gets by with S5 a week these days? You owe 7U cents on every dollar paid 3:'a cents representing your employee's tax. If your employee won't pay his or her tax, you're still responsible for the full 7'.i per cent on wages of S50 or more per quarter and you are supposed to send it in a form-envelope (form S42) to the director of the Internal Revenue Service in your district every three months. If you fail to file a return and pay taxes due, you can be hit hard when and as you are caught, for the Government can collect all back taxes due plus interest and penalties. Social Security benefits are based not on actual tax reports but on wages earned. Thus, even if an employe! does not report wages and pay taxes, an employee can report to In ternal Revenue what he has really earned and collect full benefits on that basis. The IRS will then go to the delinquent employer, collect back taxes, interest and penalties. Each year, the IRS traces about 21.000 delinquents, from each collects taxes and penal ties on an average of si. 000 in wages. You also hurt your employee by not reporting, for many do not follow through and collect benefits to which they are entitled by law. In the words of Social Security Commis sioner Robert Ball, "The failure to report results not only In a revenue loss but also in a loss of benefits to your em ployee whose earnings are not on record." The last lime the Social Security Administration check ed these records was in the final auarter of 1961. II found 935,000 employers reporting and paying taxes on 940,000 household workers. As of today, about 2,245,000 women and a relatively few men are household workers. The num ber reporting and paying taxes hasn't doubled in less than two years. Yet. it is probable that most of these workers are covered. "Rising wages and working hours have brought many new people under the Social Security laws," com ments a government official. Assuming the survey docs turn tip the anticipated evi dence of widespread delinquency, it would he logical for the Social Security Administration and the IRS to launch a drive to force compliance. If you are in doubt about your status, eo to nr write at once to your local Social Security office for a copy of the free booklet "Social Security and Your Household Employee." It will give you the facts you need. If your employee has no social security card, tell him or her to get one immediately from the nearest Social Security district office. notice that certain personal property has been committed as collateral. Madden noted. Covered on List The Oregon State Bar as sociation's list show: that such financing statements will cov er accounts receivable, gener ally; farmer's accounts re ceivable on sa'e of produce, business and professional equipment, chattel paper, generally; consumer goods, generally; contract rights, gen erally; farm products, crops, livestock, fixtures, general in tangibles, inventory and tim ber to be cut. After the initial filing of a financing statement other in struments mey be filed mod ifying the original statement. These include a continuation, release, amendment, assign ment or termination, Madden said. ' Filing fees will bc SI in- Local Girl Cited Following Mishap A 14-ycar-old Medford girl was cited by city police Mon day after she drove her car into a lire hydrant at 11th and Newtown sts., according to po lice. The girl, Linda Darlene Wyatt, 630 South Holly St., was cited for failure to obtain an Oregon operator's license. Her mother, Darlcne I v a Wyatt, a passenger in the car, was cited for permitting an unlicensed driver to operate a motor vehicle, Neither person was injured in the mishap, according to police. The accident occurred about 7:35 p.m. Vehicles operated by Wayne Richard Dahl. 19, of route 3, box 185. and Leila Jane Eisenstcin, 30, of 1216 Lcland rd.. collided about 2:20 p.m. Monday at 12th st. and Riverside ave. No injuries were reported, and no cita tions were issued, officers said. Biologist Leaves For Norway Study Eugene - Dr. Richard W. Castenholz, assistant professor of biology at the University of Oregon, has left for Norway where he will spend a year's sabbatical leave at the Uni versity of Bergen's marine biology station. He will be joined in August by Algernon C. Churchill, Eu gene, research fellow in bi ology al the university. Dr. Castenholz will study the growth of marine littoral diatomas, microscopic algae growing in the intcrtidal zone. A recent two-year grant of S18.500 from the National Science Foundation will fi nance the study. During the past few years. Dr. Castenholz has been making a seasonal study of diatoms at the Institute of Marine Biology al Charleston. Purpose of the Norwegian project is to continue this study, using a different geo graphical location. SLEEP BETTER ! Get up feeling refreshed after a night free from the heat, humidity and sluggish air of summer. Modern electric air conditioning . . . your passport to better health . . . greater comfort. air-condition See your favorite CalOre Electrical League dealer. '7Vri a. I on t itially and for altering the document. Lien searches Willi continue in the usual manner with a minimum fee of $1 and I a charge of 10 i-ents for each entry over five. A new search is now pcrmi"ed under the code for financing statements alone. Minimum Fee The minimum fee for such a search will be SI and 50 cents for each entry made on the affidavit. "It is anticipated the chat tel mortgage files will be 'washed out' eventually through releasing and expira tion and the financing state ment will entirely replace the old system,' Madden ex plained. Chattoi mortgegs now will be handled in two ways: if it meets certain information re quirements it may be treated as a financing statement and filed as such. Otherwise, it may be recorded in miscellan eous instruments although it will not be subject to search on requested lien for financ ing statement searches if filed in this category, Madden said. A standard form prescribed by the secretary of state's of fice must be used. An addi tional fee of 50 cents is per mitted for processing non standard forms. Automatic maturity date of financing statements is five years. A 60-day renewal per iod is provided after five years. If the statement Is not continued it may be taken from the file and destroyed. The clerk's office will not advise those filing the new in strument whether the financ ing statement should be filed both with the clerk and the secretary of state. People are urged to get legal advice on this point, Madden said. Fil ing may occur in some in stances only with the secre tary of state and in other cases only with the county clerk. A mother and her two-year old son were reported in good condition in Sacred Heart hos jPital yesterday where they were taken for treatment of I injuries they suffered In a tour-car accmcni about 8 a.m. Tuesday. Hurt were Glcna Lee Ras mussen. 24, of 1201 Siskiyou blvri., and her son, Kelly Ray Rasmussen. Other drivers Involved in the rear-end accident were George Peter Mayo, 64, Port land, Daniel David Walker, 16, of 535 Charlotte Anne rd., and Jerry Clifford Iverson, 18, of 115 South Kennedy st. The accident occurred as Mayo attempted (o turn left from Stewart ave. onto Beck man extension. The Walker and Iverson vehicles behind Mayo stopped, but the Ras mussen vehicle crashed into the rear of the Iverson car, causing the chain reaction collision, according to police. Mrs. Rasmussen was cited by investigating officers for violation of basic rule. 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