1913 Form 1040 Income Tax Calculator
1913 Form 1040
RETURN OF ANNUAL NET INCOME OF INDIVIDUALS.
AFFIDAVIT TO BE EXECUTED BY INDIVIDUAL
MAKING HIS OWN RETURN.
I solemnly swear (or affirm) that the foregoing return,
to the best of my knowledge and belief, contains a true and complete statement of all
gains, profits, and income received by or accrued to me during the year for which the
return is made, and that I am entitled to all the deductions and exemptions entered or
claimed therein, under the Federal Income-tax Law of October 3, 1913.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this _________ day of
______________, 191_.
_____________________________________
(Signature of individual.)
AFFIDAVIT TO BE EXECUTED BY DULY AUTHORIZED AGENT
MAKING RETURN FOR INDIVIDUAL.
I solemnly swear (or affirm) that I have sufficient
knowledge of the affairs and property of ________________ to enable me to make a full and
complete return thereof, and that the foregoing return, to the best of my knowledge and
belief, contains a true and complete statement of all gains, profits, and income received
by or accrued to said individual during the year for which the return is made, and that
the said individual is entitled under the Federal Income-tax Law of October 3, 1913, to
all the deductions and exemptions entered or claimed therein.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this _________ day of
______________, 191_.
_____________________________________
(Signature of agent.)
INSTRUCTIONS.
1. This return shall be made by every citizen of the United
States, whether residing at home or abroad, and by every person residing in the United
States, though not a citizen thereof, having a net income of $3,000 or over for the
taxable year, and also by every nonresident alien deriving income from property owned and
business, trade, or profession carried on in the United States by him.
2. When an individual by reason of minority, sickness or other
disability, or absence from the United States, is unable to make his own return, it may be
made for him by his duly authorized representative.
3. The normal tax of 1 per cent shall be assessed on the total
net income less the specific exemption of $3,000 or $4,000 as the case may be. (For the
year 1913, the specific exemption allowable is $2,500 or $3,333.33, as the case may be.)
If, however, the normal tax has been deducted and withheld on any part of the income at
the source, or if any part of the income is received as dividends upon the stock or from
the net earnings of any corporation, etc., which is taxable upon its net income, such
income shall be deducted from the individual's total net income for the purpose of
calculating the amount of income on which the individual is liable for the normal tax of 1
per cent by virtue of this return. (See page 1, line 7.)
4. The additional or super tax shall be calculated as stated on
page 1.
5. This return shall be filed with the Collector of Internal
Revenue for the district in which the individual resides if he has no other place of
business, otherwise in the district in which he has his principal place of business; or in
case the person resides in a foreign country, then with the collector for the district in
which his principal business is carried on in the United States.
6. This return must be filed on or before the first day of March
succeeding the close of the calendar year for which return is made.
7. The penalty for failure to file the return within the time
specified by law is $20 to $1,000. In case of refusal or neglect to render the return
within the required time (except in cases of sickness or absence), 50 per cent shall be
added to amount of tax assessed. In case of false or fraudulent return, 100 per cent shall
be added to such tax, and any person 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 this section 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.
8. When the return is not filed within the required time by
reason of sickness or absence of the individual, an extension of time, not exceeding 30
days from March 1, within which to file such return, may be granted by the collector,
provided an application therefor is made by the individual within the period for which
such extension is desired.
9. This return properly filled out must be made under oath or
affirmation. Affidavits may be made before any officer authorized by law to administer
oaths. If before a justice of the peace or magistrate, not using a seal, a certificate of
the clerk of the court as to the authority of such officer to administer oaths should be
attached to the return.
10. Expense for medical attendance, store accounts, family
supplies, wages of domestic servants, cost of board, room, or house rent for family or
personal use, are not expenses that can be deducted from gross income. In case an
individual owns his own residence, he can not deduct the estimated value of his rent,
neither shall he be required to include such estimated rental of his home as income.
11. The farmer, in computing the net income from his farm for his
annual return, shall include all moneys received for produce and animals sold, and for the
wool and hides of animals slaughtered, provided such wool and hides are sold, and he shall
deduct therefrom the sums actually paid as purchase money for the animals sold or
slaughtered during the year.
When animals were raised by the owner and are sold or slaughtered
he shall not deduct their value as expenses or loss. He may deduct the amount of money
actually paid as expense for producing any farm products, live stock, etc. In deducting
expenses for repairs on farm property the amount deducted must not exceed the amount
actually expended for such repairs during the year for which the return is made. (See page
3, item 6.) The cost of replacing tools or machinery is a deductible expense to the extent
that the cost of the new articles does not exceed the value of the old.
12. In calculating losses, only such losses as shall have been
actually sustained and the amount of which has been definitely ascertained during the year
covered by the return can be deducted.
13. Persons receiving fees or emoluments for professional or
other services as in the case of physicians or lawyers, should include all actual receipts
for services rendered in the year for which return is made, together with all unpaid
accounts, charges for services, or contingent income due for that year, if good and
collectible.
14. Debts which were contracted during the year for which return
is made, but found in said year to be worthless, may be deducted from gross income for
said year, but such debts can not be regarded as worthless until after legal proceedings
to recover the same have proved fruitless, or it clearly appears that the debtor is
insolvent. If debts contracted prior to the year for which return is made were included as
income in return for year in which said debts were contracted, and such debts shall
subsequently prove to be worthless, they may be deducted under the head of losses in the
return for the year in which such debts were charged off as worthless.
15. Amounts due or accrued to the individual members of a
partnership from the net earnings of the partnership, whether apportioned and distributed
or not, shall be included in the annual return of the individual.
16. United States pensions shall be included as income.
17. Estimated advance in value of real estate is not required to
be reported as income, unless the increased value is taken up on the books of the
individual as an increase of assets.
18. Costs of suits and other legal proceedings arising from
ordinary business may be treated as an expense of such business, and may be deducted from
gross income for the year in which such costs were paid.
19. An unmarried individual or a married individual not living
with wife or husband shall be allowed an exemption of $3,000. When husband and wife live
together they shall be allowed jointly a total exemption of only $4,000 on their aggregate
income. They may make a joint return, both subscribing thereto, or if they have separate
incomes, they may make separate returns; but in no case shall they jointly claim more than
$4,000 exemption on their aggregate income.
20. In computing net income there shall be excluded the
compensation of all officers and employees of a State or any political subdivision
thereof, except when such compensation is paid by the United States Government.