Tonic
NGOME TAX
SLACKERS TO
GOVERNMENT AGENTS NOW SEEKING
MEN WHO HAVE FAILED
TO STATE INCOME
PENALTIES ARE SEVERE
TIME FOR MAKING REPORTS ENDS
APRIL 1—PAYMENTS MAY
BE MADE LATER
"Tax slackers will be prosecuted as
vigorously and relentlessly under the
war revenue act as draft slackers
were prosecuted under the selective
service act. The aid of all good citizens is invoked in bringing to justice the man who deliberately seeks to
evade his just share of the war burden."
This was the statement today of
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Daniel C. Roper. With only 11 days
left in which to file income tax returns,
the organization of a huge dragnet
turns, he has practically completed
for bringing into camp all persons
who fail to file their returns by April
1. Revenue officers in every section
of the country are checking up returns with a view to beginning prosecutions against tax dodgers.
word has gone forth that such offenders need expect no leniency.
The
"Through its educational campaign
the bureau of internal revenue has endeavored to cover the field so thoroughly that ignorance of the law cannot be consistently offered as an excuse," said Commissioner Roper today. "The press, the four men,
the state and county councils of national defense, the field force of the department of agriculture of volunteer agencies have cooperated in bringing home to the taxpayer his duty. 