Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-01-15 | Page 7 | Income Tax Cause of Much Confusion

INCOME TAX CAUSE OF MUCH CONFUSION Washington, Jan. 15 Despite all the thousands of forms and scores of regulations issued by the treasury department concerning the manner in which the income tax is to be paid, it has been unable to clear up mis-anDrehenslon mis-anDrehenslon about the law. Within the last few days two checks have been received at the department in payment of the tax on income withheld with-held at the source. The tax is payable pay-able to the collector of internal revenue reve-nue in the proper district and in each case the treasury forward the check to a collector to be returned later to Washington. One of the surprising features was that the checks came not from individuals who might mis-Interpret mis-Interpret the law without consultation consulta-tion with lawyers or other well Informed, In-formed, but from financial institutions institu-tions that officials expected would know better. With the sending out, however, of hundreds of thousands of forms to be used by individuals the department expects shortly to receive hundreds of checks and money orders in payment pay-ment of the tax. To forward this money to the proper collectors one clerk will be assigned with no other duties and It Is estimated that at least 5.000 persons will take a wrong view of the law and send their money drect to Washington.