Show i i j 4 INCOME LEVY OPERATION TO COST Approximately Al Already Al AI ready Spent Total Expense to Total Quarter Million It will cost about to operate operate oper oper- ate the state income tax law during the year two period beginning July 1 1 1931 and extending until July I 1 1933 1933 according to cst estimates mates made Monday Approximately of this al already already al al- ready has been spent and an additional additional addi addi- will be needed Of this about will be needed to carry carryon on the work of or the state income tax department department- until July 1 I 1932 The state already has expended about in preliminary work which can be charged directly to th the income tax This includes in 1st tax revision investigations for fora a special session of the thc legislature and for printing the constitutional constitutional amendments Thus the cost to July 1 1933 will total about one one- quarter of a million dollars ADDITIONAL WORK In addition there is the work which was done by the old board of equalization and which is now done by the state tax commission This work costs about a year ear George A A. Critchlow member of the tax commission in charge of the income tax work estimates that about will be collected voluntarily this first year from the filing fee This amount will be increased by enforced enforced en en- forced collections Mr Critchlow said the filing fee collections each year will pay the cost of or administering administer administer- ing the the income inome tax law for each bi pl When the income tax department is operating on full strength about 35 persons will be employed with an additional 10 clerks for a month during the peak period The total payroll will be about a month as a minimum EXPENSES LISTED The expenditures of the state income income in in- income come tax department to date are arc as follows Total Of this has been charged to preliminary expense expense ex ex- pense such as securing filing cabinets cabi nets and getting names of probable income tax payers Equipment has cost which is included in the Furniture Furniture Fur Fur- Furniture cost Securing a list of ot names of taxpayers from ph phone ne books poll lists and directories Making individual record cards for each name 2450 Making address plates for each name Preparing returns for mailing 2750 Preparing forms Organization of accounting system Preparation of files 1425 Management 2475 Indexing the law education miscellaneous 90 This makes the total This leaves for routine expenses the largest item of which was printing the forms at a cost of ot and another item of listed registration files and mailing The mailing charges included in the amounted to tc |