Word: collecting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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From the banks of the Charles River, they report to battle fronts far flung in this global warfare. These officers collect statistics on the firing line. Three casualties from graduates of the first class have been reported, two killed in New Guinea and one in North Africa...
...number of advantages. It would end the problem of the taxpayer who under the present system has been forced at times to meet the taxes on a large income of one year with money from a smaller income of the year after. It would permit the Treasury to collect the tax by withholding at the source, as it is already doing with the fixe percent Victory Tax, and it would save hundreds of the smaller taxpayers from defaulting on their obligations. It will take the taxpayer's money before he has had a chance to spend...
This year's aggregate income is bound to be more than 1942's. Even without any increase in tax rates, if this year's taxes are paid on this year's income, the Government would be bound to collect more than if it were receiving payments on 1942 income as it would under the present system. This should be an important consideration when the Government is trying desperately to drain away the nation's excess spending power. The missing sum, taxes "forgiven" in 1942, which would not appear on the record until the taxpayer dies, could be recovered through inheritance...
...This year's aggregate income is bound to be more than 1942's. Even without any increase in tax rates, if this year's taxes are paid on this year's income the Treasury would be bound to collect more than if it were receiving payments on 1942 income-as it would be under the present...
...Corporal "Jones" says that he will collect that $14 from you. However, if you care to settle in another manner, it's O.K. with him. Fourteen Japs will turn the trick...