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Show I What Did You I M-kejn 1920? if Undo 3am Deglns Collection of Fed- l etal Income Tax for Last Year. & 1 - Same Rate as In 1919. fl- Revenue Officers to Visit Every County S$K to Assist In Making Out Returns. f Work lias begun on tho collection S of tho lncomo tax for tho year 1920. 1 1 Undo Sam, through tho Uureau of 1 Internal Hovunuo, la addressing to 1 , ovory poreon In tho United Htntos tho I , quc-fltlon, "What was your not incoino lift for 1920?" Tho niiBwer pormlts of no guesswork. Every Binglo person whoso net Income tor 1920 wns f 1,000 or more mid ovory married person whose net Income wns $2,000 or moro la ro-(lulred ro-(lulred to lllo a return under oath with tho collector of Intornal revenue for tho district In which ho lives on or beforo Irfurch ID, 1921. Tho penalty for failure Is a fine ol I nnt mum Minn 11.000 mid an additional i assessment of 25 per cent of the J amount of tax duo. For willful ro- I , fusnl to mako a return tho penalty U 1 n lino of not moro thnn $10,000 or not If- I exceeding one year's Imprisonment, or I both togothor with tho coata of proso- cutlon. A almllar ponnlty la provided for making a fnluo or fraudulent return, re-turn, togothor with an additional as-Bossmont as-Bossmont of (iO per cont of tho amount of tax ovaded. Women Must Pay Tax. Tho lncomo tax appllca to women as well ob mon. HuBband and wife must consider tho incoino of both plus that of minor dopondont children, and if tho total equals or oxcoods $2,000 a return must ho tiled. A minor who has n not lncomo In his own right ol $1,000 or moro must lllo n soparato return. To ho nllowud tho $2,000 exemption ex-emption n married person must ho Uv-Ig Uv-Ig with husband or wife on tho last ' doy of tho tnxablo year, Decombor 31, 1920. Divorcees, persons separated by mutual agrcoment, wldowB and widowers, wid-owers, unless they are tho solo support of others living In tho samo house m lin1l In wlilnli fmn thnv nrn nllnwnrl tho $2,000 oxomptlon granted tho hoad of n family, nro-entltled only to $1,000 exemption. Tax Rates For 1920. Tho normal tax rata for 1U20 Is tho jamo na tor l'JlO-t per cent on tne .irat 1 1,000 of not lncomo above tho jxomj-tlon and M per cent on tho re-.naming re-.naming not Income. This npplloa to ovory citizen nnd resident ol thoi Jultcil Statoa. In addition to tho lorimtl tax a surtax Is imposed upon' et income in excess of $5,000. Instructions on Form. Full Instructions for making out ro-wiiriis ro-wiiriis are contained on tho forms, copies cop-ies of which may bo obtained from jollectors of Internal revenue. Per-jons Per-jons whoso net lncomo for 1020 was G,000 or less should uso Korin 1040A. riiooo with Incomes in oxcess of $5,000 ihould uso Form 1010. Kovcnuo olllcora will visit overy county In tho United StatoB to assist (axpayors In making out tholr roturns. Hie dnto of thoi rarrlval and tho lo-riio lo-riio dato of their urrlvnl and tho lo-nounced lo-nounced by tho prosa or may bo ascertained ascer-tained upon Inquiry ut the otllccs of collectors. This advisory service Is .vlthout cost to tuxpayors. - |