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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER. RANDOLPH, UTAH Many Deductions Allowed by Treasury On Income Tax; Every Worker Can Claim Credits Under the New Levy unless they exceed 5 per dent of your income. Any expense over 6 per cent of income, and dp to a maximum of $1,250 for a single person ok $2,500 for a family, may be deducted. This Includes hospital bills, treatment, diagnosis and everything connected with medical and dental care. By ALFRED SINGLER 'i Released by Western Newspaper Union. Although wartime necessity demands that Uncle Sam collect the highest income taxes in history, there is nothing unpatriotic in taking advantage of legitimate ways to lower your payments, -- ah provided by law. Tax laws are carefully written instruments. In writing them, congress included a list of deductions which taxpayers may claim. These deductions were included for excellent reasons and With the expectation that all taxpayers who could honestly claim them would do so. The big taxpayer usually finds it advantageous to hire an expert who is familiar with each permissible deduction. The smaller' taxpayer is hot so likely to secure outside assistance. The latter would do well to determine for himself the deductions he e- can make legitimately. For the person who makes not more than $2,000 of taxable income which means a single man earning not more than $2,500, or a married man or head of a family earning not ftiore than $3,200 every $100 of deductions claimed will mean an $18.40 reduction in income taxes paid. - Where larger incomes are involved, savings are proportionately greater. The following are important deductions which will aid the average taxpayer. per cent. A By a You Can Deduct ' Licenie Feet, Buiineis Expenses, Contributions, Interest, Taxes. AH contributions, for public pur- pose, made to the United States, any state, city or town, are deductible, hs are contributions to a domestic nonprofit organization operated exclusively for religious, charita-blliter ary, educational or scientific purposes or for prevention of cruelty to children and animals. e, Church contributions include pew rent, assessments, etc. Organizations such as USO, Army and Navy Relief, Red Cross, community chests, etc., come under the charitable heading. Literary and educational organizations include such institutions as nonprofit colleges and schools, the Boy Scouts, voters leagues, and study groups. The scientific heading includes all nonpaf-tio- n scientific societies. , ft is not permissible to deduct contributions made to a bar assoc'a-- t' l, a medical association, a cam-f association, political fire jn committees, volunteer ath-L c: npanies, social fraternities, 1c clubs or gifts to needy friends pro-tTiti- on t? .relatives. Generally speaking the taxpayer ly deduct any interest paid on bor--l kings, including business, person-- f Because in-- ( . jand family debts. jest paid on behalf of a relative is not a legal obligation '(friend 'the taxpayer, such interest is not t C iuctible. As a broad general rule, the in-- ( kidual can deduct all taxes he per-- t aally pays to the tax collector, ex-- i pt federal income, estate and gift f xes and state and local benefit, i heritance, estate, legacy or gift tixes. Federal taxes which are deducti-- t'e include those on admissions, . dues, t lephone, telegraph, transportation, t ito use, safety deposit boxes, etc.Admission taxes collected at the--c lets and other places of amuse-- , - c '.ent during 1942 amounted to 10 came another three, ob- left-ov- er handle. er Well-Glov- ed glove-weari- drivers license fee and state gasoline tax. Automobile owners may not deduct the federal gasoline tax because it is constituted as a tax on the manufacturer and not on the consumer, even though it Was passed along to him. It is the general rule that the taxpayer gets credit only for those taxes levied directly upon him. For that reason state and federal taxes on cigarettes and liquor are not deductible. They are stamp taxes levied on the manufacturer or dealer. The transportation taxes paid on railroad, airline and other personal transportation last year is deductible. The rate was 5 per cent of the fare for the first 10 months; 10 per cent for the last two months. The tax on transportation of goods, amounting to 3 per cent on all freight and express bills, is deductible. Taxes imposed by the federal government on jewelry, furs and toilet goods are not deductible. They are excise taxes levied on the maker or dealer and are not collection taxes levied on the taxpayer. Also deductible are traveling expenses required by ones employer when such expenses are not reimbursed by anything over salary, wages or commissions. are not deductible. When your car is used partly for Fees paid for advertising farm business and partly for private products; expenditures for stamps, purposes, deduction is allowed only stationery, account books and other for the portion used for business, office supplies purchased for farm and then only when the driver is use; expenditures for travel in connot reimbursed. The loss on the nection with the farm business and sale of a car, used partly for busi- other similar miscellaneous expendiness and partly for private purposes, tures are deductible. is divided similarly, but only when An allowance for depreciation of actually sold and not when used as buildings, improvements, machina trade-iof a ery, or other farm In addition to deducting the three-ce- permanent nature is equipment deductible. The state tax on all gasoline used amount claimed on account of dein your car, you can also deduct preciation should not exceed the the cost of the gasoline and other original cost of the property. supplies for business use of the maRepairs on depreciation on the chine. dwelling occupied by the farmer or Dues to labor unions, assessments on his personal or household equipfor out of work benefits, ment are not deductible. It is not but not for sick, accident or death permissible to. claim as a separate benefits, cost of indemnity of fidelity item depreciation on livestock or anj bonds required by your employment, other property included in the farm and cost of tools and patterns neces- ers inventory, as such depreciatioi sitated by the type of work, are de- is taken care of in the reducer ductible, but only if their life is less amount of the inventory at the dost than one year. If their life is longer of the year. However, depreciatioi than one year the owner can dis- may be claimed on livestock ac count depreciation only. quired for work, breeding or dairy No deduction is permitted for med- purposes which are not included in ical and dental expenses, including the inventory of livestock puraccident and health insurance pre chased or raised for sale. n. nt by-ini- Release. Add two teaspoons of coffee frosting. 'M'EW YORK. First there were This to youris chocolate delicious on a cinfrosting own World three Art Nehfs namon cake. Series victories over the Yankees of the Ruthian years; no other pitcher If you would have your broom can claim as ast, do not stand it on the brismany. Then tles; hang it up or rest it on the WNU left-hand- ed 50 $7.09 in 1942), Darns are less conspicuous when the stitches are made parallel to the weave of the material. In watering hanging plants, slip viously unmatched, two sons and a daughter. an oiled silk cover over the botFarmer Deductioni Now, in a drift of pungent smoke tom of the pot. The water cannot over the Solomons, Art Junior racks then drip through onto the floor. Wares, Seed, Repairs, Tools, up three Zeros. Fertilizers, Depreciation. The friends who walked and talked FASTER with Old Art he is barely 50 when NO ASPIRIN than genuine, pure St. Joseph Aspirin. In general, a farmer who operates he was about the best Worlds largest seller at 104. None safer, a farm for profit is entitled to deof the twenties, read of none surer. Demand St. Joseph Aspirin. duct from gross income as neces- pitcher and began young Arts three-timsary expenses all amounts actually to think back. expended in carrying on the busiArthur Newcomb Nehf, Terre ness of farming. The wages paid Haute-bor- n and a graduate electrical Fad of reached for hired labor are deductible. The when John McGraw side- incredible heights during the reign engineer value of products furnished by the tracked him into the Polo Grounds, of James I of England. As many farm and used in the board of hired has lived so long in Phoenix, Ariz., as three all richly ornapairs, labor is not a deductible expense, that he is a shadow across mented, were worn at one time. legendary but food purchased and furnished to the big league trails, but the friends hired hands is deductible. made him a man alive there once Farmers may deduct the cost of more. They made him a man to be grain and hay, amounts paid for remembered for more than baseand feed, ball, too. They spoke of him as processing grinding amount paid for hire of machinery, DArtagnan, Porthos and Aramis cost of farm supplies, gasoline for spoke of Athos, the thoughtful, the farming, repairs and upkeep of cars. just. Amounts expended for repairs and Art Junior did only what they maintenance of farm buildings, (exexpected of Art Seniors., son when the Japs bore in from five cept the dwelling), fences, drains and other farm improvements, and compass points. He was scared for repairs and maintenance of farm but, I knocked off three of those monkeys," and damaged machinery and equipment are deductible. Amounts expended for rethe other two. Then, "They hit me and I couldnt do much so I placement of, or additions to, farm ran like h 1, and crashed. machinery, farm buildings, or other farm equipment of a permanent naNow, however, he is as fresh as ture are not deductible as such exnew paint again. penditures are regarded as investIn some such whirl of action Art ment of capital which is returned Senior took his first game from the to the ownier through depreciation Yanks. For eight innings the bats Now . . . heres wonderful allowances during the useful life of of Ruth and the medication that works cocky others bore the property. 2 ways at once to relieve distress of in from all the compass points. NehJ: cold even while ha slaepsl childs The cost of small tools of short life had a 0 score, one out and one on rub Just throat, chest and Baker may be deducted. The cost of com- in the ninth when Home-Ru- n back With Vicks VapoRub at bedtime. Instantly VapoRub starts mercial fertilizers and lime, the hit a ball like a bullet. A good judge to relieve coughing spasms, ease benefit of which is of short dura- who saw Johnny Rawlings race for muscular soreness or tightness, an as deductible is off second base still calls the tion, expense. it and invite restful, comforting The amount expended in the resto- stop the greatest play of baseball. sleep. Often by morning, most of the misery is gone. ration of soil fertility preparatory to Kelly and the marvelFor babys sake, try VapoRub actual production of crops and the ous Frank Frisch, that day at third, tonight. It must be good, because cost of liming soil to increase pro- finished the double play That was when colds strike, most mothers use Vicks VapoRub. ductiveness over a period of years in 1921. Nehf won his other two are capital expenditures, and thus in 22 and 23. cent theater ticket, which cost the customer 55 cents, represents a 5 cent deduction. Automobile owners are entitled to deduct state and local license fees, the federal use stamps (which cost . riinTS Delos Wheeler Lovelace Consolidated Features. miums, HOUSEHOLD Whos News This Week ons Heres One Gang That Can Come Along! ng home-prov- ed High-pocke- ts TF A Gen. Maj. Reybolc Eugene hadnt decided years ago that he was on the wrong track the army corps of engineers would jump for ' difIere1 A Big Gan Man achief today, Starts Afresh and He was 16 gun big man then Engineers Profit ten years out of the coast artillery school at Fort Monroe; and come to think of it, pretty old to be mak' , ing a fresh start, 42.. But young enough. Eleven years later, when the Mississippi went on a rampage and an army engineer was needed, he got the nod. The block and tackle he threw then has kept Old Man River quiet ever since. Now a thick-se- t, commander of 58, he directs all engineers through an encyclopedia of special jobs that this global war has added to the firm-mouth- ed traditional bridge-buildin- map-makin- g, g, and construction. Reports from Africa and Britain, where he has just been, are that nothing of any great shakes is lagging. Here and there the material may be a little short, but in such a pinch the army engineers work wonders with baling wire, shovels and the sergeants motherly camouflage coaxing. The general got his corps prepared for war a year ago when he streamlined it into nine divisional units, each overlapping those of the armys own nine service commands. The honor lists already give General Reybold a Distinguished Serv- Largest Natural Gas Reservoir The largest known reservoir of natural gas in the world is the great Panhandle gas field, underlying nearly all of five counties in Texas. SNAPPY FACTS f; ABOUT RUBBER of grasp riding rubbar conservation prat-tk- e haa baan demonstrated In Pentlas, Mleh., whars today 30000 workers roll to war plants In 4,000 cara Inatoad at tbn 1 3,000 enra thay nsod dally aarllar this yonr. The Important as 2,300 citisS and towns wtth a total population of 12S millions dspoad antlnly upon automobUoa far paa. song ax transportation. ln lB96 Tha B. I. Oaodrlch Co. mada tha first fabrla allnchar typo automobilo tiro In tha M x 4 alia. A ton ol nitbar a ysai la tha ooHso. Hon of tha average Brasilian wild rubber gatherer. This explains why man power la the crux of tha South American natural rubber problem. ice Medal. ! E' VERY month fresh signs arise that after peace there will always be a better England. Now the word is out that this will be with How High Bobby Chief Has Climbed land. From How Low! King Herbert ay As burdensome as the Income tax may first appear, it allows for many deductions. n e ' bove is seen with a host Of exemptions, including state gasoline tax, state i can legiti- etc. For every $100 the taxpayer ix, communications tax, charitable and religious contributions, lately deduct, he saves $18.40 in takes. 11 Morrison, Londonderry bom, Galway schooled in part, to be minister of town and country planning He is to see that dream cities become visible where Nazi bombs have now heaped rubble. ; The new minister already is home secretary, head of Englands police. Morrisohs father was a London bobby. In a dozen other posts over the years the home secretary and minister of planning has become known as one of the governments most able executives. , M Keep the Battle Rolling With War Bends and Scrap |