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Assessments; Notification of; When to be Paid.

ART. 25. All assessments shall be made by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, and all persons shall be notified of the amount for which they are respectively liable on or before the 1st day of June of each successive year, and said assessments shall be paid on or before the 30th day of June, except in cases of refusal or neglect to make such return and in cases of false or fraudulent returns, in which cases the Commissioner of Internal Revenue shall, upon the discovery thereof, at any time within three years after said return is due, make a return upon information obtained, as provided by the law, and the assessment made by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue thereon shall be paid by such person or persons immediately upon notification of the amount of such assessment.

Penalty for Failure to Pay Tax.

To any sum or sums due and unpaid after the 30th day of June in any year, and for 10 days after notice and demand thereof by the collector, there shall be added the sum of 5 per cent on the amount of tax unpaid, and interest at the rate of 1 per cent per month upon said tax from the time the same became due, except from the estates of insane, de ceased, or insolvent persons.

Penalties for Failure to Make Returns.

ART. 26. If any person, corporation, joint-stock company, association, or insurance company liable to make returns or pay tax shall refuse or neglect to make returns at the time or times specified in each year, such person shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $20 nor more than $1,000.

Penalties for Making False or Fraudulent Returns. Any person or any officer of any corporation required by law to make, render, sign, or verify any return who makes

any false or fraudulent return or statement with intent to defeat or evade the assessment required by law to be made shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined not exceeding $2,000 or be imprisoned not exceeding one year, or both, at the discretion of the court, with the costs of prosecution.

ART. 27. Nothing in the law or these regulations shall be construed to release a taxable person from liability for income tax, nor shall any contract entered into after the act of October 3, 1913, took effect be valid in regard to any Federal income tax imposed upon a person liable to such payment.

ART. 28. For regulations relative to the claiming of exemptions and deductions on income, the tax on which is to be deducted and withheld at the source, see Article 33.

PART 2

COLLECTIONS AT THE SOURCE.

Collections at Source Applies Only to the Normal Tax Imposed Upon Individuals. Collection at Source Not Operative Until November 1, 1913.

ART. 29. The deductions and payment of the tax at the source of income applies only to the normal tax imposed upon individuals and shall not be construed to require any of such tax to be withheld prior to the 1st day of November,

1913.

Persons, Firms, etc., Required to Withhold Tax at the Source.

ART. 30. Paragraph E of section 2 of the act provides that

All persons, firms, copartnerships, companies, corporations, jointstock companies or associations, and insurance companies, in whatever capacity acting, including lessees or mortgagors of real or personal property, trustees acting in any trust capacity, executors, administrators, agents, receivers, conservators, employers, and all officers and employees of the United States having the control, receipt, custody, disposal, or payment of interest, rent, salaries, wages, premiums, annuities, compensation, remuneration, emoluments, or other fixed or determinable annual gains, profits, and income of another person, exceeding $3,000 for any taxable year, other than dividends on capital stock, or from the net earnings of corporations and joint-stock companies or associations subject to like tax, who are required to make and render a return in behalf of another, as provided herein, to the collector of his, her, or its district, are hereby authorized and required to deduct and withhold from such annual gains, profits, and income such sum as will be sufficient to pay the normal tax imposed thereon by this section, and shall pay to the officer of the United States Government authorized to receive the same; and they are each hereby made personally liable for such tax.

Withholding Agents.

ART. 31. All persons, firms, etc., mentioned in the abovequoted paragraph are referred to in these regulations as

"debtors" or "withholding agents," and the word "source" is to apply to the place where the income originated and is payable.

Income as to Which Tax is to be Withheld.

ART. 32. The income from which the normal tax of 1 per cent is to be withheld by withholding agents includes all items of income exceeding in the aggregate $3,000 and payable to any one person during the year, except:

(a) Dividends on capital stock or from the net earnings of corporations and joint-stock companies or associations and insurance companies subject to like tax.

(b) Income of an individual which is not fixed or certain and not payable at stated periods, or is indefinite or irregular as to amount or time of accrual, shall not be withheld at the source, but shall be listed in the annual return of the individual, and the tax shall be paid thereon by him. Incomes derived from the following professions and vocations come under this head: Agents compensated on the commission basis, lawyers, doctors, authors, inventors, and other professional persons whose income is irregular and indefinite.

Special Fees and Annual Retainers.

Such persons shall make personal return of all their income, provided their total net income from all sources is $3,000 or over. For example: When a lawyer receives a retainer of $5,000 as a special fee, a deduction therefrom shall not be made by the payer; but when a lawyer receives a retainer of $5,000 per annum, and the exemption claimed is $3,000, $2,000 of such income would be taxed and the tax retained at the source; or if his exemption claimed should be $4,000, $1,000 of such income would be taxed and the tax thereon withheld at the source.

(c) Items listed in article 5, which are wholly exempt from tax.

Exemptions Under Paragraph C. Certificate to be Filed with Withholding Agent.

ART. 33. (a) In all cases where the income tax of a person is withheld and deducted and paid or to be paid at the source, such person shall not receive the benefit of the deduction and exemption allowed in paragraph C (see Arts. 9 and 10) except by an application to the collector for refund of the tax unless he shall, not less than 30 days prior to the day on which the return of his income is due, file with the person who is required to withhold and pay tax for him a certificate claiming the benefit of such exemption, and there upon no tax shall be withheld upon the amount of such exemption.

Penalty for Making False Representations to Obtain

Exemption.

If any person for the purpose of obtaining any allowance or reduction by virtue of a claim for such exemption, either for himself or for any other person, knowingly makes any false statement or false or fraudulent representation, he shall be liable to a penalty of $300.

Deductions Under Paragraph B. Form 1008 to be Filed with Withholding Agent or Collector.

(b) Nor shall any person under the foregoing conditions be allowed the benefit of any deduction provided for in subsection B (see Art. 6, 1 to 6) unless he shall, not less than 30 days prior to the day on which the return of his income is due, either file with the person who is required to withhold and pay tax for him a true and correct return (on Form 1008) of his annual gains, profits, and income from all other sources, and also the deductions asked for, and the showing thus made shall then become a part of the return to be made in his behalf by the person required to withhold and pay the tax, and the debtor or withholding agent will only withhold the tax on the payments made in excess of the deductions claimed on said form. Or such person may likewise make

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