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Show Firet in a Series Answers to Income Tax Questions (Editor Note: During the income Us season, this paper will carry a series of articles pertainof federal income ing to payment Us by military personnel.) Question: Do all miliUry personnel have to file an income tas return? Answer. Pay of persons in the military is Usable. Any armed forces member who is a citizen or resident alien with a gross income of $600 or more for the Us year must file an income tas return by April 15, 1970. Q: For soldiers in a combat zone, is there an extension of the April 15 deadline? A: Yes. Military personnel serving in a combat zone or those hocpiUlized outside the United States for an injury received while serving in such an area have 180 days after such service to file and pay the tas. Q: What tas form should a serviceman use? A: Starting this year, all individual taxpayers file the same e Form 1040. redesigned, This new form is similar to the one-pag- front and back of the old punch-car- d Form 1040A. Q: Where can I get Form 1040? - Form 1040 can be obtained at any Internal Revenue Service (IRS) District Directors office, local bank or post office. IRS mails Form 1040 and instructions to most taxpayers, but failure to receive die form in the mail is no excuse for not filing a return. Q: As an enlisted man serving in the Republic of Vietnam (RVN), is any of my pay tax A.- exempt? since January 1, 1964, enlisted personnel and warrant officers can exclude all pay received for any month they served there after 1963, or were hospiUlized due to injuries or disease while so serving. Officers can exclude only $500 a month for similar services or hospitalization. When pay exceeds allowable exclusions, the excess diould be included in gross income. UQQS0 WMrlpo! Beautiful view...and affordable too! Computer Crafted Color with A.F.T., Flight swivel base! Computer designed picture tube end computer tested integrated circuit for the Autometic Fine Tuning system assure advsneed RCA quality performance. Swivel base. See h soon. Given to Winners A: Yes. Because RVN has The theme of the recent Atbeen designated a combat zone tendance Drive held by the Protestant Sunday School at the Post Chapel was Reaching fur the Moou. The drive was considered successful, bringing in 19 new children to all phases of the chapel program. Qiildreu who participated in the drive by bringing their friends and neighbors were each awarded with of Recognition, a Certificate and an appropriate gift. The top winners were: Junior Dept.: Connie Schrier, Janet Eastland, Marvin Hawkins, Joyce Olcantara. Primary Dept.: Mark Hutesou. Beginners: Creg Hute-so- Th. GLENVIEW HUS J 2J diagnai pirtwy Portable viewing with performance and rollability! . Heres a Lbs. off Soap if FREE With purchase of Washer . snow-cover- peaks of nearby mountains. Mr. George Eastland, Sunday School Superintendent, announced that another Attendance Drive will lie held later in the year, and that winners of that drive will have the opportunity of going on a similar flight. RE-USFC James T. Sullivan receives the enlistment oath from Captain Richard L. Haley, CO of HHC. Sergeant Sullivan reenlisted for sis years. P .Retirement Planning Authorized by CSC -- in portable that combines traditional RCA quality with mobility. Comes complete with its own rollabout stand. Powerful chassis sharp reception. room-to-roo- m n. First and second place winners were given the choice of a gift or a plane ride. Mr. Lawrence Guinenski generously agreed to give the children a flight in his plane, and on a sunny Sunday afternoon, January 25, two winners, Connie Schrier and Janet Eastland, took off into the blue skies for a thrilling ride over Dugway and the $eoo vOO 1 IB 5 2 Years Parts & Labor Warr. Com plats yarn warranty d4.,, 172 N. In. US95 ftiEnmuiE g IE gidclI HK6 QfiStOi SsffinUi uw OCCASIONAL TABLES LUk. Mn w GGHSECIB GE&fsJEBQ METALCRAFT TABLE LAMPS BUNK BEDS Chairman Robert E. Hamp- retirement more. 4. Most of the active and retirton, of the U.S. Civil Service Commission has announced a ed employees who had attended change in the Commissions po- a retirement planning session coun- - liked it and are finding it useful. sition on 5. Active employees who seling of .. Federal workers from me of' neutrality to one have not yet been able to attend of promoting, encouraging, and a retirement planning program assisting in the establishment wish they could do so. A smaller of retirement planning services but substantial portion of retired employees who had not attendthroughout the Federal communited such a program wished they ylie said the Commission could have. 6. Definite retirement plans plans to offer a program of trainnt were made by a significantly larger proportion of program participants than by Authorities on the subthe making of defibelieve ject nite plans to be an aid in ones WATER BELLE Chris Nad, adjustment to retirement. Date With believes tar of AFRTS Commission The Chria," ia an avid awlnmar that by offering retirement plan- who believes in safety first She not ning services, agencies can says, The fnn way to awias ia only meet a need felt by many tha aafo way to awfan." employees but also, by reducing their anxiety, improve die morale and performance of It does not believe, on the other hand, that retirement counseling any more than personal counseling of other types There will lie a Youth Actidiould be forced on employees. Chairman Hampton sent a vities dance held at the Teen' Club at 8:00 p.m. on 7 Februcopy of the research report to the heads of Federal depart- ary 1970. Admission will be rements and agencies and indicat- stricted to youth activities memed that copies would be distribut- bers and ; their qualified guests ed to agency personnel direc- (i.e., anyone who is eligible for Youth Activities membership but tors. He asked the personnel in- does not hold a membership card terest and help of agency heads in will not be admitted under any establishing effective new re- circumstances). Membership cards tirement planning services, or must lie shown at the door. COMMUNITY SERVICE: where such services exist, in exand strengthening Anyone who is interested in panding volunteering his or her services them. ' for two to three hours per week WASTE COSTS MoNflU to further the goals of Army Community Service: please conhim. tact LT Davies at Ext. 2333 or retired and 3. Both active 2569. The Community Service efan believe that employees TAK program provides valuable inforfective retirement planning promation to persons arriving on gram could help people enjoy or leaving post, coordinates the lending closet program, administers the army Emergency Relief program, and provides many other services for the lienefit of DFG personnel. COURSE GOLF SNACK BAR: The Golf Course Snack Bar will lie opening soon! I Watch the Daily Bulletin for further information. HORSE RIDING STABLES: If you are interested in the proposed horse riding stables, please submit a sheet of paper listing your name, your address and phone numlier, and approximately how 'many times or hours per week you would use the facility to: Welfare and Morale, ATTN: LT Davies. More interest must be shown in order to make the proposal a reality. Thus far, 26 individuals have expressed interest in the facility. The proposed cost will lie $1.25 per hour Phone 882-31- 48 per horse. ing for agency retirement advisors in Washington and through the Nation, and that as soon as die necessary policies, plans, and programs can be developed they will be announced. Basis for the change in Commission policy is a research study conducted last summer by the Bureau of Retirement, Insurance and Occupational Health, in which employees nearing retirement and those recently retired were asked to respond to a number of questions. The study was primarily the work of Dr. Daniel Sinick, professor of education and. director of rehabilitation counselor education at George Washington University, who was one of several college professors employed by the Commission as consultants last summer. The report established that: 1. Most employees, especially those nearing retirement, think it is hard for people to get used to retirement. 2. 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