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Show Internal Revenue Service Will Launch Tax Education Plan countants, the American Bar Association, the Tax Executives Institute and other similar organizations. or-ganizations. IRS said it will provide more detailed information in its three main booklets, "Your Federal Income Tax," "Tax Guide for Small Business," and "Farmers Tax Guide." The first two are for sale at a nominal cost and the third is distributed free by IRS offices and County Agents. Other agency pamphlets and booklets on specialized tax subjects sub-jects will be available free of charge. In addition, the commercial tax service publications provide their clients with up. to date information in-formation tthey have been compiling com-piling for the next filing period. "All in all, the cooperation we are receiving from so many organizations or-ganizations for our 1959 tax information in-formation program will enable us to put forth the most comprehensive com-prehensive educational project in our history," IRS says. The growing ability of taxpayers tax-payers to prepare and file their own Federal income tax returns will get a big helping hand from Uncle Sam during the '59 filing period with the greatest public tax information program in history. Internal Revenue Service said this week it has completed plans to launch a massive tax education educa-tion program shortly after Jan. 1 and to run it full tilt until the end of the April 15 filing time. IRS said the tax information program will help many taxpayers tax-payers prepare their own returns re-turns without further assistance, and thereby cut tax collecting costs by producing more accurate accu-rate and timely filled returns. "As a result of our expanded taxpayer education program in recent years, some 4,000,000 next year to swell the total participation par-ticipation thus far to at least 25,000,000. Approximately 22,000,000 industrial in-dustrial workers for the first time will get tax information of use to them through 4,000 factory fac-tory house organs. IRS will provide pro-vide the basic information to the Industrial Editors Assn. and the latter will prepare the copy for relay to its editor members. The majority of the nation's farmers will get specialized tax information they need through a cooperative IRS arrangement with the Department of Agriculture Agricul-ture and radio broadcasting organizations. or-ganizations. Agriculture, which uses radio programs as a public service, reaches millions of listeners, the majority of them farmers and their families. Agriculture will fewer taxpayers needed help last year than in 1955 at a reduced re-duced cost of nearly $4,000,000. We were able to devote this savings sav-ings to many other necessary functions producing revenue for the government." The agency added that the time, money and inconvenience saved by taxpayers through the program over the years cannot be measured exactly but is substantial. sub-stantial. IRS said the record breaking 1959 tax educational program will take many forms in the press, over the radio, on TV, in pamphlets, movies, posters, lectures, lec-tures, speeches and in the agency "Teaching Taxes" course for the nation's high schools and colleges. col-leges. As a result of increased demands de-mands by schools, its "Teaching Taxes" course will be taught in more high schools and colleges than at any time in the history of the project. More than 3,000,-000 3,000,-000 students will take the course allot some of its radio time to IRS tax information of use to farmers. Associated Press and United Press International, which also service most of the newspapers in the nation, will again run a special series on tax information articles during the 1959 filing period in cooperation with IRS. Hollywood is participating in the program this year with several sev-eral well known movie and TV stars doing their bit in specially prepared TV spots. The radio and TV networks also plan special tax information j programs of their own to help the good work along. The first educational movie for taxpayers in the history of IRS will be available later in the filing period for public showing before all interested groups. Increased assistance in the public information program will come from the American Society So-ciety of Certified Public Ac- |