| Show I 1 0 questions and 0 0 answers about income taxes 0 0 note the sell salt like lake tele tram train has baa complied compiled the follow 1 lot ing questions which have been 0 0 answered by the state tax commission 0 0 and presented ant nr the 0 0 0 benefit of the people of the p state continued from last la a t week Q must a single person enoa net income Is 1800 a year and who is the chief chiat support of ansted an need father anil and mother pay an income ta tax A yes unless the father and mother are incapable of self support be causa mentally or physically defective in any event he must nal make e a return and pay the filina fee tl CI what is a dependent A any person who 13 sacr 21 years year old and who receives his ma major 0 e support aport from the taxpayer is a da p pendent candent ran dent any P parson more than 21 1 years old and who Is incapable ot of palf ell support because of 0 mental cr physical defects and who receives h 3 major support from the taxpayer 13 li 1 Q iry boy carries a paper roua wd ind cams a few dollars a month Is ha a dependent lie he is 15 years old A yes it if he is dependent upon yoi tor for the major part oi of his support cit Q my father is in good health but Is CO 60 years old ho he is unable to get ais work because industry domains demands younger men 1 I and he be is totally de per pendent dent upon me tor for support bishea Is he a dependent I 1 1 A presumably he be is not laing being 1 unemployed does not necessarily constitute sti tilte dependency 0 0 trust must rry my father pay the filina fee fco A yes Q do federal employed emp loyes have to make mace i a return and pay iny the filing fee X A yes cs if 11 yes resident ident ot of utah but salaries or wages received from the united united stiles states tor for so vices are aie excluded c eluded from the gross income fach each re ie tur turn 1 i must bo be accompanied by the tiling fiting tee fcc 0 of 1 Q I 1 cm am married and have no income except as a 2 wile must I 1 till fill out a return and pay a n filing fee A A married woman living vath her husband on n december sl 31 1231 1931 having no independent income is 13 not required to file a return if i her husband huband maes what is krown known as a joint return for himself and wife the filing fee is paid only when a return Is filed i Q my husband and I 1 were divorced last september but the decree will not become final until in march shall we ve tile file a joint return A you cannot tile file a joint return as y you u were not living together on the last day of the taxable year which was december 31 Q my husband and I 1 are divorced ile he sends money and gifts occasionally to our two chi children laren am I 1 considered the head of the family and can I 1 claim credit for the children my mv father who is not working voi king also lives with me A the one who contributes tle the major support of the children is the tha one who is entitled to claim the amp tion it if your father Is incapable of self support because he is mentally or physically defective and receives his chief support from you and is dependent upon you a credit of may also be made on his account Q the care of the children acs given to me by the court ore of 0 us can claim credit for dependent children on our tax return A it the court awarded a flat allowance with no stipulated support tor for the children the father cannot claim them as dependents but it if a stipulated allowance was made tor for the support althe ol 01 the children the father may claim the credit if that amount is more than 50 per cent of the cost of supporting the children Q my divorced husband pays roe me alimony the only means of support I 1 have can I 1 claim that as income on my tax return A no alimony Is hot in income come to the wife nor is it deductible by tho the husband on his tax return Q my aunt died last summer and by a provision in her will I 1 received in cash and a diamond ring valued at how much ot of this must I 1 include in my income A neither the gift ot of tho the money nor the ring is included but if you invested the and received interest on the amount the interest would be included as income J Q my tax return just list resolved received seems rather bewildering to me ma must I 1 go to the ep sno ot wring someone to heleme flu it t out properly A no tho rile tx lex commission krs trained employed emp loyes to help you get IWO in i touch with the auditing department 0 of f the tax commission in person or bay by r mall na 11 Q i filled filed out my return and sent it to the tax commission I 1 had bad no tax to pay so I 1 did not send the 1 Z tiling filing fee wes was that right A no lie the filing fee must ae 90 CO company the return 1 tr Q S since d nce ilav OUT my hils anis band a a and n I 1 have been filing joint federi federal r income tax returns Lasty last year car I 1 earn earned edmore more money than my husband did shall we make tor for the state slate separate returns or a joint re turn iffe it we make separate returns keairns wilch may claim the exemption A you nuy may do e either ither if i c cu u mala separate returns the e pa personal n i 1 exemption may be taken by elther cither oi 0 divided between you 1 Q most of 0 the money I 1 spent t list last i vcr acir I 1 mafia made in gambling sh ahll 11 ll 11 alln inthis caudo cua I 1 as income on my return it if so may 1 deduct tied u c t my losses A gambling i Is s considered in the e r croci ron income but only ili tha excess of 0 the gains over the toses to ses the losses or ars not otherwise deductible Q last year I 1 was awarded 1001 1000 by by the court in a breach of promise op romise suit shall I 1 include this as income A no 1 Q I 1 paid a man a commissi onto 1 help me get a job last summer shaw shall I 1 deduct this as expense A yes it would be allawa bb as b business u expense Q I 1 am a professional man and belong to an organization composed ot of men in profession my mayi may I 1 deduct the diles palato paid to this organization f y A yes dues paid p aid to 0 organizations are deductible i Q why did I 1 get two income tax blanks A because it was impossible tor ford the tax commission to know whether you are in the small Income or the large income class if 1 you are earning less than which was earned from wages interest or dividends disregard the large forms Q I 1 otten often consult ii a lawyer concerning both TOY mv business and private interests can I 1 deduct this expense from my gross income A not all ot it your personal expenses are arc not d ductile but the fees connected with business may be ba deducted Q started a small business lost lasij year wid and did boulte a lot of advertis adverts ing can I 1 deduct this from my income A yes this Is allowable Q I 1 suitbe tn in a number of q alne ancs amoin hoe anre sever 1 I which are published in in tile the interest In test of my profess on nn may I 1 deduct this as an carn asp i s a 1 A yes s subscriptions to current bu buil aresi pesi or 0 publications used ired in busl nessir profession are arc deductible duc lible under aider expense Q I 1 ani am a nura narse and the uniforms which I 1 use onla in ii my are en an coonse both in the original cost end in the tha launder ilig may hay I 1 deduct this cinense A no A uniform is a personal cy ey pense penze Q last year I 1 had n i I 1 book pub alsi ed mid and had it copyrighted the company which published it cl loved me a royalty on all this amount would be included in my income would it not A it Is income but should n not t bs be 0 included in your youe gross income these royalties flow from a right granted by the federal government and ar are a not taxable under a state stata income tax law |
