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Show 1 Ben Lomond Beacon, December 13, 1979, Page 13 Misconceptions of IRS Cory Baggs Over the years, many taxpayers have come to believe as fact some misconceptions about the Internal Revenue Service. Unfortunately, these misconceptions cause taxpayers needless apprehension and worry. The IRS is a large agency, and the tax law is complex a combination which might baffle the average person. The following, hopefully, may serve to dispel some of the common misconceptions: Using the peel off address label will trigger an audit. The coding on the label actually just speeds up processing. It conhelps in identifying taxpayers and the kind of forms tained in the tax package they receive; it is not an audit indicator. --Once audited, always audited. IRS makes a special effort NOT to keep auditing the same people over and over. In fact, IRS has a special program called the Repetitive Audit Procedure, the purpose of which is to see to it that no taxpayer is audited two years in a row on the same issue when there was no change the previous year. When IRS prepares a return, the tax is always higher. If facts and figures remain the same, the correct tax will be identical, no matter who prepares the return. IRS wont allow some deductions to go on a return, but somebody else would. IRS Taxpayer Service personnel will give taxpayers the benefit of all allowable deductions made known to them by the taxpayer. An IRS mistake can NEVER be straightened out. If attempts to solve a tax problem with IRS are unsuccessful, taxpayers should contact the Problem Resolution Officer at their local IRS office. This may be done in person, or on the e the IRS number listed in the phone by calling directory and asking for the Problem Resolution Officer. A mistake on a return triggers an audit. Generally, math errors are corrected automatically by the computer and do not generate an audit. The adjustment is also automatic, increasing or decreasing taxes and refunds as appropriate. A mistake on its own does not generate an audit. Tax on a long form is not the same as tax on the short form. Because of certain situations, some taxpayers must use the 1040 Form, often called the long form. However, the tax tables for both Form 1040 and Form 1040A are the same. Taxpayers would not pay more tax simply because they choose to use one form over another. IRS agents and revenue officers work on commission. IRS employees, like other government employees, work on a salaried basis. The amount of money they collect or dont collect in no way influences the amount of their paychecks. Anyone who is audited will end up owing more tax. The outcome of an audit is one of three possibilities: an additional tax assessment, an additional tax refund, or a case. It is not necessarily so that a person who is audited will have to pay more tax, but it is a possibility. These misconceptions are certainly not all of the incorrect notions people have about the IRS. Many of these misconceptions could probably be clarified by a taxpayer if he or she only took the time to visit a local IRS office, or call, using the e number listed in the directory. i BY RICK KINNER8LEY EXEC. V.P. UTAH HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION ; i HEALTH PROMOTION BY HEW In what may be a watershed document equal in importance to the 1964 "Surgeon General's Rcjh)i1 on Smoking and Health, a new report .recently released, recommends reexamination of health national spending priorities and a renewed national commitment to disease prevention und health promotion. Callingfor "a second public health revolution' in the history of the United States," .Joseph A. Califano .Jr. released Healthy People: The Surgeon General's Report on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention is virtually his final official act as U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Patricia Harris took the position after President Carter fired six Cabinet officials last Spring. The report offers "three overwhelming ivasons why a new, strong emphasis on prevention" is essential: prevention saves lives, improves the quality oflife, and can save dollars in the long run. "In an era of expanding health care costs to pay for unheard of technological advancemcnt.prevcntivc action for health is cost-cfTcctivc- the ," unhealthy behavior or 20 percent to environmental factors, and 20 percent to hiologicul factors, the rejxirt enumerates five major gouls for each age group in the United States to accomplish between now and 1990: ( 1 ) a 35 percent reduction in infant life-styl- mortality, (2) a 20 percent reduction in deaths of children between the age of 1 and 14 to fewer than 34 per 1 00,00, ( 3 ) a 20 IKicent reduction in deaths among udolcsccnts and young adults less than 24 vcais old to fcwccthun 93 per 100,000, (4) a 25 jx.'rccnt ivducfion among deaths in the 25 to 64 age group, and (5) a "major improvement" in health, mobility, and indccndcnce for older copjc by ivducing by 20 crccnt the average munlicr of days of illness among this age group. The rcxii; IEALTI 1Y PEOPLE: THE SURGEON GENERAL'S REPORT ON HEALTH PRO1 MOTION AND DISEASE PREVENTION is available for 35 from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office. Washington, D.C. 20402. Sjx:cify s!x:k numlxrr017-001-00416-- document concludes. Observing that as much as half of U.S. e, 2 when ordering. Elder Cory Evan Baggs, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Kent Baggs of 3214 N. Holiday Drive , North Ogden, will serve in the Italy Padova Mission. He spoke at the North Ogden 7th Ward Chapel, 386 E. Elberta Drive, on Sunday. A graduate of Weber High School and seminary, he attended Weber State Award, Coup Shield and Duty to God. He worked for the Bank of Utah. College. Peterson to serve He is an Eagle Scout, member at the Order of the Arrow, with Vigil Honor Elder Clint R. Peterson; son of Mr. and Mrs. Hyrum H. a toll-fre- toll-fre- mav lie due to mortality to serve in the Itlay Padova Mission 1 , si N. 550 E., JUNE ORTON ELDON ORTON Beacon Ortons called to mission 1k fa ImimJ Mcb pbRk4 DhAms ftrMtb Mewley ! I 6mn t's We wekowe ese e4w fia Moms effice eoatrihrto. SM So. 1400 W., i Itinhj.is erisfc erridee el to far. UteMoL US-144- Elder Eldon Orton and his wife, June, of 525 East 2850 North, North Ogden, have accepted a call to serve as Welfare Service Missionaries in the Pablikhar Howard Stdilo A at. Publisher Gkn Adams . Mm. Boanlo liable. AdwartitJng Mp. Editor Carol V.HHo 793 7902 J. M. South Dakota Rapid City Mission of Carol the L.D.S. Church. They will have their testimonial service on Sunday, Dec. 9 at 2 p.m. at Joan Show Baportor Sherri HoH Wabor High Corrospondor 1 ain Arif Ewart . . Plain City Carratpomiom the North Ogden 3rd Ward Chapel, 2600 North 650 Peterson of 3025 North Ogden, will serve in the San Juan Puerto Rico Mission. He spoke Sunday in the North Ogden 6th Ward Chapel at 3100 N. 575 E., North Ogden. He enters the language training mission on Dec. 27. He is a graduate of Weber High School where he was editor of the yearbook. He graduated from the Weber High Seminary and has been employed by Lumans Excavating. East. They will enter the Missionary. Training Center at Provo on Dec. 20, before parting for South Dakota. Weakly Cohma Kalaaet KUED plcns program! two great interpreters of the If , youre looking for roles: Elena leading festivity and entertainment in early December, yeuU fin plenty to capture, your fafiCXiprhJKVED, CHANNEL 7. Ninelrveiydays of specials Obraztsova and Placido Domingo. programming and membership awareness offer you everything from bluegrass Ella Fitzgerald to Louis Armstrong men k, Bizets from to Car- tempestuous heroine will steal your heart away. The first lady of song, Ella Fitzgerald, sings up a. storm. You can discover the . grace and speed of championship skating and accompany explorer Jacques Cousteau down the world's longest river, the Nile. And there will be enough Hollywood musicals to send you humming right into the New Year. A two-ho- ex- Bluegrass travaganza a Spectacular taped live from Nashville's Grand Ole ' Opry kicks off the event by bringing together some of the most proficient pickers in the business. Hosted by Tom T. Hall, it will also feature bluegrass veterans Bill Monroe and Wilma Lee Cooper. The sound that is echoing through the concert Italls and night of America will fill KUEDs broadcast air. On December 3, one of the masters of choral music, FYed Waring, offers love songs, all the way from the 20s to disco, in a special tribute to American tunes. The Young Pennsylvanians show the tremendous range of Have you replaced or repaired frayed Christmas tree light cords and tightened loose the con- plug-cor- d nections? Have you investigated newer lights that bum cooler and safer, and use less electric-ii- y than some of the older ones? Test your lights before mounting them on your tree or house. Many lights for indoor use on trees are rated 7 watts each, and no more than 85 such lights should be connected to a single outlet. The new pinpoint mini" lights use very low wattages (about 0 watts for a full string of 30 to 50 bulbs) and it is 18-2- that the average would put enough on a home-own- er unlikely tree to overload a circuit. Warings arrangements, with classics, contemporary hits, patriotic selections and movie tunes. Louis Armstrongs career spanned so many decades, generations and continents that it is difficult to reduce him to one medium. But with the help of his family and friends, public television-wil- l point one of the most ambitious portraits of the man affectionately known as Satchmo. Wliother she scat sings with trumpet player Roy Elikidge and saxophonist Zoot Sims, or taps out rhythms with Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald's art is ageless on a UL SAFETY SEAL Do your lighted decorations and cords all carry TREE LIGHTS Sound-stag- ninety-minut- e special e during SEVEN. Chick Corea is also a headliner Soundsiage during KUED's nine days of top programming. HOLIDAY ,ON OCTOPUS OUTLETS Have you any of those octo- pus" outlets around the house... with too many appliances plugged into one circuit? Never overload electrical circuits; use proper size fuses. Overloaded circuits are a fire hazard. the ones OUTDOOR LIGHTS Have you checked your outdoor holiday lighting cords to make sure they are outdoor rated," good condition, and are properly protected from weather (especially where cords may be plugged together)? Are you careful not to stand on wet ground when rigging and testing them if they are plugged in? Most outdoor lights are rated 10 watts; the maximum number of such lights connected to a single outlet is 50. in Underwriters Laboratory UL safety seal? Make sure the UL is inside a circle., not a square. Have you checked that moving Santas and other lighted Christmas decorations are property grounded? LEAVING HOME Have you briefed your family on fuming off Christmas tree lights when you leave home? (If you want to leave the house lighted when you're away, it's safer to do it with other lighting.) |