Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-02-18 | Page 3 | Your Income Tax

YOUR INCOME TAX L . "How can the government doter- jminc whether my ir.comc for the year j 192a is taxable ?" I This question, should It arise ii. the mind of any person subject to the lo- 'come tax. Is easily answered. The I Bureau ol Internal Revenue has inu-Imorable inu-Imorable sources for checking up delln-qU( delln-qU( r.ts. The "informa lion at source" provision of the revenue act, which requires that reports be mado of pay-, ments to Others of $1,000 or more during dur-ing the taxable 'ear, Is only one of the bureau's many avenues. Each collector of Internal revenue is! re lulred to post in his office for public j Inspection Immediately following thei close of the Income-tax paying period March 15. 1S21 a list of persons in j his district who have filed Income tax returns. joiiii jonch nia.v oa- o ruu against his neighbor. Bill Smith Knowing thut BIH Smith's income was within tho taxable list, he is apt to note tho omission. If it occurs, and drop a note to the collector, i In every collector's office, employes are assigned lo the lisk of reading carefully the daily papers a'ud noting real estate and other transactions) Involving In-volving payments. Record Is kept of all su. h ' ransactlons. Tho Commissioner Commis-sioner of Internal Revenue and his assistants, as-sistants, whose duty It fl to see that the revenue act ia. properly administered adminis-tered have authority to examine all books, papers ynF memorandum of I taxpayers, aud to examine under dnth any persons having InformaUon in the premises. Should a person whose duty It 15 t'' file a return fall in his obligation, he may expect, sooner or later, to hear from the collector of internal revenue. Penalties provided tor delinquency are re, For failure to mal e a return on time o.a or before March li, 1921 the penalty Is a fino of not more than Jl.oon. ,n additional aftstyumei I of 23 per cent of the amount due may be applied unless a later return la filed, and it is satisfactorily shown that the delinquency was due to a reasonable, rea-sonable, cause. "Willful refusal" to make .1 return and pay tho tax on Uxh is punishable by a fine of not more ihnn $10,000 or ono year's Imprisonment Imprison-ment or both, together with the cost of prosecutlom- Where, by reason of illness or absence, ab-sence, additional time is required fpi filing an Income tax return, the collector collec-tor of internal revenue may grant ah extension of not to exceed 30 days upon written application therefor. I made before the. return is due, on or (before March 15, 1021. If. before the end of 30 days' extension ex-tension an accurate return can not be filed! appeal for further extensions must be made lo the Commissioner of ; internal Revenue with it full reclj ii ol the c.nise.s for the delay. e Payment of income, taxes- may be 'made by cash, money order, or check.! Check or money order should be madol to "Collector of Internal Hevenue." j Payment by either of these methods Is urged by tbe Puie'iu of llUertlol Itevo-I nue as a convenience to the taxpayers taxpay-ers and the avoidance ol Congestion at collectors' office during the Closing days of the tax-paying period. oo