SOME DETAILS
ABOUT INCOME
TAX RETURNS
Inquiries are being made concern
ing the 1919 income taxes which are
payable and upon which the first in
stallment must be paid on or before
March 15, 1920. Blanks for the re
turns had not been received by the
collector of internal revenue at Ta
coma when the last mails left the
south. As soon as they are received
they will be mailed to all those who
paid income taxes for 1918, and sup
plies will be sent to banks and other
places.
The internal revenue bureau has
given out a summary of the law with
reference to what must be included in
the income tax statements and what
is exempt.
The followin gitems must be in
cluded under 1919 gross income:
Salaries, wages and commissions
for personal services, including bo
nuses.
Interest received on notes and de
posits in banks, including savings
hanks.
Dividends on stock. Only dividends
paid out of earnings or profits ac
crued since March 1, 1913, are tax
able, but dividends are deemed to be
distributed out of the most recently
accumulated earnings.
Profits received from the sale of
property, real or personal. If the
property was purchased prior to
March 1, 1913, the profit is based on
the difference between the selling
price and the fair market price or
value as of March 1, 1913.
Profits on Stock Trades
Profits from stock market transac
tions.
Income received from fiduciaries,
that is amounts received from incomes
of estates, trusts, et«, through trus
tees, administrators or executors.
Partnership profits; partnerships as
such are not subject to the income
tax, but each individual partner must
pay a tax on the income from such
partnership.
Royalties from mines, oil and gas
-wells, patents, copyrights and fran
chises.
Items Not Taxable
The following items are not taxable
and need not be included in the re
turn :
Property received as a gift by will
or by inheritance. The income from
such property, however, is taxable.
Proceeds of life insurance policies.
Returns of premiums on life insur
ance, endowment or annuity con
tracts.
Amounts received through accident
or health insurance or under work
men’s compensation acts, plus the
amount of damages received, whether
by suit or agreement.
Interest on obligations of any state,
or any city, town, county or village
and the District of Columbia. Inter
est on obligations of the United
States is exempt from tax, except that
interest on obligations issued after
September 1, 1917, is exempt only to
the extent provided in the Liberty
loan act.
Interest on the securities issued un
der the provisions of the federal farm
loan act of July 17, 1916.
Army Pay Is Exempt
Amounts received during the war
foy persons in the active military or
.naval forces up to $3,500, in addition
to personal exemption.
Interest on Liberty bonds to the
par value of $5,000 is exeempt from
all taxation. Holders of large amounts
of Liberty bonds are advised to con
sult their bankers or collectors of in
ternal revenue as to their exemptions.
The law expressly prohibits the de
duction of personal or liviing ex
penses. These include rent, wages of
servants, cost of food and clothing
for family, upkeep of automobiles used
for pleasure or convenience, educa
tion of children and similar items. In
come spent during the year 1919 for
any of these items is subject to the
tax.
NEIGHBORS
By MARIA M. CALLAHAN. ;||;
The sky was a leaden gray and the
rain came down with the quiet per
sistency of a hoplessly wet day. War
wick Chambers had its gay red and
white awnings tightly furled, present
ing orderly rows of windows for the
heavens to wash. Against one of these
windows a childish face was pressed,
gazing disapprovingly out on the sod
den landscape.
About a month before. May Dutton
had been offered a position in one of
the city’s commercial schools. As the
mortgage on the old homestead was
to be foreclosed, the little teacher
gladly accepted and, with her small
sister, had faced the ordeal of city
life. Today for the first time the lit
tle girl was left alone, for a feverish
cold had kept her from school. Mazie
had promised to come home as soon ae
class was dismissed, but the hours
dragged dreadfully, and after a lone
some luncheon, Gladys was seized with
the siplrt of wanderlust.
An ornamental iron balcony was
outside the window* and Gladys was
delighted when a fat robin alighted on
the rail and cocked a wary eye at her.
She cautiously opened the window for
a clearer view, thrusting out her head
to watch him flirt his wings at her
from the farthest edge. Then her eyes
fell on the next window, also looking
out on the balcony.
The next suite was occupied by a
mysterious creature that the janitor
called a “bookworm,” and Gladys had
the liveliest curiosity concerning him.
There were two long hours yet to wait
for Mazie; the next window was
temptingly near and the balcony had
a floor of slender iron bars. In a
twinkle she wap out one window and
gazing in at the next, at the cocoon,
as it were, of the worm.
The walls were Uned with rows and
rows of books, and near the center,
in front of the fireplace, an immense
easy chair held out its arms invitingly.
Among all those books there must
be some fairy ptories. If the window
was only unfastened she wouldn’t hurt
any thing by just looking. The rain
drops began to drip off her curls, into
her eyes and down her neck. The win
dow was unlocked and Gladys stepped
Inf A fh A rAAm
Shelf after shelf of celebrated titles
were passed over, but finally, in a low
corner, she discovered a row of shabby
volumes. “Swiss Family Robinson,”
“Gulliver’s Travels,” “Robinson Cru
soe,” and another book, not quite so
worn, “Treasure? From Fairyland.”
Holding it tightly, she tiptoed over
to the armchair for just a peep. It
seemed the worm liked chairs that
were soft and snuggly, and the perch
on its edge and a peep in the book re
sulted in ah ecstatic wriggling and
nestling down into the tobacco-scented
cushions, while the tall clock in the
corner ticked off the minutes.
A rainy day in the city always
strained John Grayson’s patience. It
seemed to draw out all the latent
cussedness in his pupils as well as to
befog their wits.
An hour later Mazie came along ,
with much the same thoughts in her
mind, when the wind took her umbrel
la, blew7 her up the steps and in
through the door, which it obligingly
slammed after her. She walked soft
ly from the elevator to her door to
surprise Glady? and found herself con
fronted by a card which read: “Call
Next Door.” The sinking of her heart
stopped before she knocked, for she
heard Gladys laugh. Then the door
opened and above John Grayson’s
bass rose an excited treble.
“Oh, Mazie, I was so lonesome and s
I found the loveliest book and the
worm 1? aw-fly nice!”
“We haven’t an open fire and I real
ly am cold,” she pleaded. Mazie knelt !
down by her instantly, fondling her
hands and touching her cheek anx
iously.
“Suppose wre have tea here and
toast the kiddie by the fire till bed
time and then I'll carry her home,”
suggested John. “She surely can’t
catch cold then,” he added artfully.
Some way a quiet pipe did not seem
so alluring as it had earlier in the af
ternoon. So the table was rolled up
by the fire and John produced crock
ery and various utensfils from some
most unexpected places. Mazie came
back after a short absence In her pret
ty house gown, bringing with her the
plummy cake she had brought home
for tea. It was a hilarious evening
and John carried home a very happy
little girl.
When he came back tne room
seemed very empty. Reaching for
his pipe he sat before the fire a long
time, picturing Mazie opposite him
again in her soft blue gown.
It was, of course, necessary to in
quire after the invalid’s health next
day. From that it was easy to slip
into intimate neighborly relations, es- ,
pecially as Gladys appropriated him
as her own particular property. Then
John’s evenihg3 at home began to be
given more to reverie than to study
and he developed also a curious in
ability to pass a florist shop.
One late afternoon he stopped at
Mazie’s door with a tall sheaf of roses
and found her alone, playing softly In
the twilight. Such propitious* circum
stances were immediately improved
by John and the “blessed little word”
was his answer. When Gladys came
romping in later John’s roses were
blooming sedately on the piano, but
sweeter roses bloomed in Mazie’s
cheeks.
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