Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 264, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1913 — DANGEROUS TO DODGE THE NEW INCOME TAX [ARTICLE]

DANGEROUS TO DODGE THE NEW INCOME TAX

Fine of $2,000 and Imprisonment Are Possible for'Misrepresentation—Returns Inspected. Those who attempt to avoid payment of the ineome tax will get Into serious trouble, treasury department officials said Monday. They pointed out that the law provides that persons who fail to make returns or make fraudulent returns will be punished by a fine of not less than $2,000 or imprisonment for one year or both, at the discretion M the court.

Of course, the government is going to rely somewhat on the honesty of the individual, but there will be other ways of finding out if such returns are in proptr shape. For instance, a corps of 334 deputy collectors, besides special agents and Inspectors, will be selected to. enforce the provisions of the law. The deputy collectors are to co-op-erate with the collectors of Internal revenue, while the agents and inspectors will work directly under the commissioner of internal revenue at Washington. Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo believes that the regulations thus far issued, providing for the collections on incomes at the source, are not as complicated os some persons believe. He thinks that after they have been in operation a while there will be little or no need for any change. He admits they were got out somewhat hurriedly in order to take effect November 1, and that perhaps they may need amending.