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Show Information Given On Tax Reductions With, the deadline for filing income in-come tax returns drawing closer attention. Is called to wage earners of some of the applicable deductions on tat and federal income returns. re-turns. Joe Pakler, accountant poinu out that the following items are deductable on both state and federal fed-eral taxes: Interest, unless it applies to the purchase of obligations thi the income from which is exenrpt from tax; property taxes, both real and personnel, sales tax, losses of property from theft or casualty If not compensated for by Insurance or otherwise, contributions to organized or-ganized charitable instlutions, bu. not to Individuals. Social Security tax, railroad retirement re-tirement tax, and federal Income tax, are deductable from state ln-eoms ln-eoms tax. but not from Federal, while state, income tax Is deductible from Federal tax but not the state. Items not deductable Include the, following: Gasoline tax, taxes or. local benefits such as assessment for paving, curb and gutter, a sew-j er, etc.; retailers excise tax (furs. Jewelry and cosmeticsf; water bills pnid for water used at personal residence, res-idence, transportation to and from work, contributions or gifts to individuals, in-dividuals, personal or family living expenses, payments to teachers, civil service employees or other retirement re-tirement funds, club dues, life insurance in-surance premiums, repairs on taxpayer's tax-payer's own residence, wages paid to personal servants, expense incurred incur-red in moving household effects! nd family from one locality to another. I Alimony, and doctor's and denist bills, hospital, medicine, and accident ac-cident and health insurance, art deductable on Federal taxes but not on state returns. 4 Vu ' .' N I ' ' 'i - . i- VVJ -1 Alfred D. Reckley, 21, Pittsburgh, I'a., radiooperator, can smile now. War Bonds are providing treatment treat-ment for the wounds he sustained while flying a bomber on a mission mis-sion over Central Germany. ' , J' 1 '. . . - , " ' , 1 J ni:1-" , ' vr-vj. . . jVi; x. X- - M V- r x - . 1 : :i-.'-r:-v. NvV "-i A piece of shrapnel sent Pfc. Charles Shropshire, 21, Lexington, Ky to the hospital, where his leg wound is mending, thanks to War Bonds. Shropshire was wounded in a sudden Nazi assault while setting up a machine gun on a Belgium front, when the enemy shell struck close enough to wound. Buy more Bonds, Shropshire urges. n rsr " -f ,f : " r.'r. i ) A i ili . J T, " 'i'VV-j I W 1? V, K i urn n f ?J Tech. Sgt. Paul Fordham, 31, Southampton, N. Y., was one of three men injured when an Eighth Air Force Flying Fortress took a shelling; shell-ing; over Germany. The damaged plane got back to England, but this B-17 engineer was knocked out with a shattered left thigh. Now he has an extra good word for all the people at home who buy' War Bonds to heal wounded fighters. v. s. treasury uanmei |