The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 15, 1922, Page 2

FAUL 1 WO 4 N. D. PEOPLE PAY UP THEIR. INCOME TAXES Internal Revenue Office Has Been “Humming” as Fatal , Fifteenth Approached CIRCLES POTENT FACTORS Fargo, N, D., March 15.—Things have ‘been humming in the North ‘Dakota district, internal revenue office as the fatal Ides (fifteenth) of March ap- proached. This is the last day for fil- ing income tax returns. More and more business has been Piling into the office as the time for filing grew shorter. At that the peo- ple of ‘North Dakota are as prompt as any in the United States in sending in their checks, according to C..O. Jor- genson, formerly of Bismarck, now chief deputy to Gunder Olson. The North Dakota office prides itself on being up in its work according to Mr. Montgomery, cashier. “Tae peo- ple of tae state have shown a remark: able spirit in getting their income tax paid up,” he said. “Tonight, the fit- teenth, we will be ready to report the exact amount taken in up to that | fic date.” Of course there are always some de- linquents and as soon as the rush of Yhe fifteenth has cleared away the collectors taroughout the state begin to hunt them up. ‘Human nature plays its part in this work, according to M. ‘H. Aved, super- visor of accounts. Every small town has two or three men who have money on certificate of deposit—maybe enough to pay an in- come tax on—maybe not,” he said. “People ate apt.to think that these have more than they really possess. However you often Tear of such men about town and they sometimes turn out to be delinquent, “Then too you go into a bank and in a casual talk with the banker you find out who has money on interest. Of course the relation af the banker to the depositor is confidential, but you can get an idea of the general sit- uation from such talks. You work on hunches of this sort which you pick up and one good hunch in a hundred wil] start a circle going for you. This “circle,” according to Mr. Aved, works as follows: “One man gets caught as a delin- quent and being sore he squeals on some one else who hasn’t paid up. Maybe he squeals on a number of peo- ple. These in turn are apt to give you an idea where to look for more delinquents and tae first thing you know you have enough work to keep you ‘busy three months.” These “circles” are potent factors in running down people who haven't paid their income tax, he declared. Checking up on merchants business and on grain sold by farmers are other methods of doing this work. Mistakes May Come High. A mistake jn making out an income blank is apt to come high if it ses, you as a delinquent, Mr, Aved flashed a $28,000 check which had just come in from some one on back tax and pen- alty. The ‘commonest jprablem for tha man at the desk who helps people to make out their blanks is the person who wants exemptions on small char- ities and church donations byt who doesn’t know their amount, according to C. E. Boyle, also of the Fargo of- 2, “Well, let me see,” such a person will say, according to Mr. Boyle, “f gave twenty-five cents to church every Sunday for fifty-two Sundays. That’s thirteen dollors.” Then Mr. Boyle has a,hard time in convincing them that this amount is not definite enough for exemption. The latest federal report on North Dakota income tax returns is for 1919 i(correct according to the office here). There were 27,375 taxpayers with a to- tal income of $80,190,946 that year and the total tax on this was $1,260,509. That year there was dne man in the state with an income between $50,000 and $60,000 and five with $40,000 to $50,000. In the $1,000 to $2,000 class were ‘1:0,685; in the $2,000 to $3,000 and in the $3,000 to $4,000 | were 5 decreased rapidly, New Conference to Invite U’s of N. and 8. Dakota| Advices from Detrojt are to tho ef- fect that following the organization af a new conference, the organization! and rule adopting meeting for which will be held at Chicago,- Saturday, Mar. 18, the Universities of North and ‘South Dakota will be invited to Secome | members of jthe new organization. The commitee drafting the rules of the ‘new organization is made up of C. L. Bruce, of the University of De- troit, K. K. Rockne, of Notre Dame University, and ‘Wim. Coffey, of Mar quette University, The ther schools in the preliminary meeting at Chicago Michigan Agricultural College, ‘Wa- bash, De Pauw, University of Cincin- nati and University of Kentucky. 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