Evening Star Newspaper, March 8, 1929, Page 7

THE EVENI o050 TAX EXPERT FLAYED BY BLAR Public Given Warning About Computation of Levy on Incomes. Federal income taxpaycrs have been warned by Commissioner of Internal Revenue Blair against the so-called “Afty-Afty” tax expert Addressing those whose fails due next Friday, t over the radio last n! “In complicated t ble lawyers and re can be most helpfu bureau, but many taxpavers, to their sorrow, will testify that the 50-50 so- called expert, who promises to save his clients most of their taxes and to get favors for them that other taxpavers cannot get, has led them into enormous expense, into untold grief and, in many rstances, into the very dobr of the prison. “Such practitioners deserve the ex- treme punishment, but the taxpayer who_too willingly follows, knowing in bis heart that he is wrong. cannot as- pect fo escape. and he has no right to censure the bureau for the suflering he has brought upon himself.” Too many businesses do not keep books carefully enough, either for their own protection on_incom < return: or for their own financial success, ac- cording to Commissioner Blair “I implore you to keep accurate rec- ords.” he declared. “Record every im- portant transaction, and then if the explanation in your income tax return is not understood by the agent he can come to vour records, get all the facts and close vour case.” Methods Ci “Prior to the income tax law, and unfortunately in some instances since fts enactment.” he said, “some busi- Desses have been run in a slipshod way. The owner, though honest, kept no ac- curate records. Perhaps he equipped & manufacturing plant and entered into business. He thought he was selling his goods at a profit. He failed to take into Account depreciation of machinery, equipment and buildings: he neglected his inventories, and set up no reserve for bad debts: his books as kept indi- cated that his business was profitable, but in time he found that his obsolete machinery had to be replaced: that his building had to be repaired or rebuilt, and for these purposes it was neces- sary to raise a large amount of cash. He then tried to collect his accounts. He found they were of little value. He tried to sell his stock on hand. He found that it was out of date. Instead of having a profitable and successful business he realized that he was bank- rupt. Proper records would have shown him his true condition in time to save him from disaster.” Three points were emphasized by the commissioner as a means of lessening burdens of both the taxpayver and the Government as well: “First,” he said, “file your return on or before the 15th of March. Clarity Is Emphasized. “Second. Set out with accuracy in your return all the essential facts, and make vour transactions so clear, by sup- | porting schedules and explanation: the examining officer will understand | the causes of your deductions and the | explanations of the entries which you income tax nsactions reputa- able accountants ou and {o the At the Fashion Shop— Over 200 OVERCOATS (Balance of Our-Entire Winter Stock) LESS THAN The bes The Fashion Shop ever taking the less than bitter but effective! SPECIAL GROUP OF SUITS HALF-PRICE 9%4E “Bring the Ladies — The. That’s what a Winter that felt more like Florida than Washington did to us! We’ve always been good spcrts. So we're make. If you deduet large amounts for | such items as bad debts. traveling e: penses, losses from sale or exchange of property. or contributions. without fur- | ther explanation, then correspondence | must en: , or a field examination must | be had. in order to see whether or not those deductions are justificd | “The expense and delay caused by the correspondence and the expense incurred by the examining agent, in the end. are borne by the taxpayers, of | which vou are one. Accurate explana- | tions of these items in your return save | . arcat time and expense, and in many | cnabie the bureau to close on the return itself without | her correspondence or investigation. Third, when a field examination be- | comes necessary take enough time to | give the agent all of the facts in refer- | ence to the transaction in question and you will generally make it unnecessary to take your case further.’ ¥ of your cases before the Board of Tax Appeals and the courts which! are ultimately decided in vour favor would have been so decided by the agent in your own district if you had given to him all the facts and informa- tion which you ultimately gave to the board or to the court.” Woman Asks $5.000 for Injuries. Mrs. Anna T. Satterficld land, Md. has filed suit in the Dis-| Supreme Court to recover $3.000 ged personal injuries Harrington, a local Luilding contraclor. She says she was r in_her husband’s automo- v 12. last. when Harring- | tly drove his machine into | her husband’s car causing it to be | overturned on Pennsylvania avenue southcast. She was pinned under the car and sustained serious injury. she told the court through Attorney God- frey L. Munter. trom Forrest W. Janus ton negligen During This Week DEMONSTRATION OF DOG FOODS FREE! A Full Size Can of KEN-L-RATION or KIT-E-RATION AT *hmid’s Pet Shop 712 12th St. N.W Callouses and Burning Soles Dr. Scholl’s Zino- pads for Callouses end pain in one | minute!Theystop | the friction and | pressure of shoes and are soothing and healing. Re- moving callouses with harsh liquids or plasters is unsafe —often causing acid burn. Zino-pads are thin, protective. At all drug, shoe | and dept. stores—35c box. | Dz Scholl’s Zino- Put one on—the t speech made 1/, price medicine— SPECIAL GROUP OF SUITS | schools. BOOK BILL AGAIN 10 BE INTRODUGED Senator Capper Plans Action at Special Session if Measure Is in Order. The bill to extend free text books to pupfls in the junior and senior high one of the measures which failed during the recent session, will be reintroduced and pushed by Chairman Capper of the Senate District commit- NG STAR. WASHINGTON. P €. FRINRY, Al \RCH . 8. .1929. ——1 ‘,wrm.e Senator Capper, “and I feel sure that there is no considerable opposi- tion to it in the Senate that woul prevent its passage if there is sufficient | fime for debate on whatever amend- ments may be offered. It is a matter of 'regret, of course, that the bill failed of ‘passage_during the Seventieth Con- gress, but I do not doubt that we shall be. successful in the next Congress | TWO DOORS BATTERED IN FIGHT ON BLAZE Davenport Destroyed and Tenants Frightened in Apartment House on Sixteenth Street. Firemen were forced to break in two doors in the apartment of Mrs. Valeria McMahon, 1107 Sixtenth street. short- |1y after 4 o'clock this morning to get |at a fire which destroyed a davenport SHOW WILL BENEFIT CAST OF SAVOY (0. Headline Talent at Theaters Here to Be Featured in Midnight Performance. To provide the members of the Savoy Musical Comedy Co. with funds to get back to New York and to tide them over the perfod of unemployment which faces them when their show closes here to- morrew night, a midnight benefit show will be held following the Savoy com- pany’s presentation of “Little Nellic | Kelly” at Keith’s Theater tonight. fea- { turing the headline talent of the princi- pal theaters of the city. “Oh, Kay,” the show which was to have been pr avoy com- pany next week. will not go on and the w ee at the earliest opportunity in the and brought most of the tenants of the | company will close a 16-week stand to- Seventy-first Congress. In a letter to E. R. Williams, who headed a delegation of parents sup- porting the bill, Senator Capper said he would reintroduce the text book measure at the special session il gen- If that cannot be done he will intre- duce it at the regular session, in De- cember. “I am strongly for the bill myself.” As Low as 319.75 Tremendously REDUCED ALTERATIONS AT COST e THR asnion Freo Pruaman, President DO1"Ninth. ane y Know Style and Value” | building, scantily clad, | dors, but did little other damage. | The firemen, under command of Se room, where the fire was. According to the residents of the apartment, Mrs McMahon left Washington yesterday | No one was in the apartment. into the corri- | | 4 - | bers of the c ond Battalion Chief A. H. Wolter, broke | | open the outside door when they found | o'clock of Suit- -eral legislation is in order at that time. | it, locked and forced the door to the| Mutual Man,” featuring Rober sh. to be realized from the turned over to the mem- st only. The late show will go on at 1 with a comedy skelch, morrow The fun | benefit will be C | of the Keith circuit, supported b | ma Parker and Rosa Snowden, will be followed by a complete presenta- tion of “Little Nellie Keily.” with Patf Harrold, Capron, Prank Gallagher, Miss | Parker, Beatrice Lee, George Shields, Harold Kenncdy, Miss Snowden and the chorus. Bob Carbauh of Washing- ton also is a member of the company Joe Cook and his entire “Rain or Shine” company at Poli's and Margaret Anglin and her company at the Belasco will occupy boxes at the benefit per- formance. Cook will be master of cere- | ' monies. ' 'he theater has been donated by the ter management and the entire ¢ will be staged and managed by he_players for whom the benefit is to be_held. Prices for the show will be $1 for the | orchestra and mezzanine seals and §: for single box seats, with boxes seating | at $10. Rev. Francis J. Hurney s been designated treasurer for the venefit, PICKS NEW POLICE CHIEF| DANVILLE, Va., March 8 (Special) .- “ Danville will have a new chief of police | on April 1. James R. Bell, who has held | the post for tie last 19 years, was de- | feated yesterday when the Police Com- | mission met to elect major officers and patrolmen. J. Munnibal Martin was. elected to | succeed Bell, who has been a member of the force for 32 years. Bell became | chief of police when R. E. Morris, then | chief, was arrested as a fugitive who es- | caped jail in Georgia. | ROBBERY SUSPECTED IN WOMAN’S DEATH/ Body of Mrs. W. L. Adams Found in River After Month's Absence From South Carolina. Home. By the Associated Press. GREENVILLE, S. C., March 8.—Rob- bery was advanced today as @ possible motive for the murder of Mrs. W. L. Adams, 50, whose bocy was found lodged against a tree in the Saluda River early Wednesday aiternoon. yesterday at n by her husband, W. L. Adams, of Dewey Rose, Ga., who said his wife left home December 15, 1928, traveling in & Chrysler coupe and carrying ap- proximately $1,000 with her. Since that time, until he identified the body here as that of his wife, her where- abouts had been a mystery to him, he said. ‘The body of Mrs. Adams was found in the stream, which forms the boun- dary between Greenville and Anderson Counties, at & point about 5 miles from here and 27 niles from Anderson. ‘There was a bullet wound in the head and another in the breast, examination Td Mis Ander: An overnight sensation in Washingfon just as it was in 6 other Bond Stores last season, when over 18,000 men ~adopted this modern budget plan. w Because it is the only plan of defer- red payment where established cash prices remain unchanged. b o ‘Because it is a service cheerfully ex- tended to the man with a small steady salary as well as to the man with a large income. | Tevealed, and a mark on the head also | Indicated that she had been dealt & | severeiblow with an ax or some similar instrument. 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