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THE TRIBUNAL AID
Expressions In Poetry
by WILLENE RUCKER
Tax Law Change Can Lead To
Savings For Taxpayers
1040
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10,1975
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Come here. Come just a little bit closer. Are you
ready to escape from reality just for a second? Lie down
if you wish, or sit in your easy chair-prop your feet up.
Close your eyes. Meditate on something pleasant;
something stimulating to the mind and the soul-the
inner most part of you.
Take a deep breath. Exhale v-e-r-y slowly. Begin
gently massaging the muscles at the base of your neck.
Um-m-m! Doesn’t that feel relaxing! Continue
massaging if you like, but don’t stop meditating.
I’m going to interject a thought into your
imagination. Let’s say it’s a beautiful, soothing autumn
day--with the sun shining brightly and the wind
blowing briskly; not like a lion’s roar, but soft as a cat’s
meow. The gold, scarlet and brown leaves are falling all
around you. The wind is whispering through the trees.
You’re excited because everything is so full of the
season’s transformation.
You begin to walk leisurely, taking in the scenery.
This route is familiar to you. You see a house that you
seem to recognize. You go up the walk-way. Things
look very familiar. Go inside. This is your house.
Now gradually open your eyes. You are back to
reality.
DID YOUBUY YOUR
FURNITURE
from a
TRIBUNAL AID
ADVERTISER?
Helps Shrink
Swelling Of
Hemorrhoidal
Tissues
caused by inflammation
Doctors have found a SEiedica-
tion that in many ca«e« cive»
prompt, temporary relief from
paiQ and burniiu itch in hemor
rhoidal tissues. Then it actually
helps shrink swelling of these
tissues caused by inflammation.
The answer is Preparation H*.
No prescription is needed for
Preparation H. Ointment or
suppositories.
Greensboro--Remember
how welcome that tax
rebate was last Spring?
Well, the rebate was only
one small part of a new law
that can lead to additional
tax savings for millions of
Americans filing returns
this year.
For instance, the “low
income allowance”-a tax-
free allowance designed to
remove low income taxpay
ers from the tax rolls-has
been increased to $1,600
for a single taxpayer, to
$1,900 for married persons
filing jointly and to $950 for
married persons filing
separately. This, of course,
is above and beyond the
$750 provided per exempt
ion.
Generally, to figure the
amount on which a
taxpayer must first pay tax,
add $750 for each exempt
ion to the low income
allowance. A single person,
therefore, could earn up to
$2,350 tax free; couples
without children up to
$3,400. As another exam
ple, a married couple filing
jointly with three children
normally would be entitled
to five exemptions (one
exemption for husband,
wife and each child). This
means the family would not
have to pay tax on income
up to $5,650 ($750 x 5 -
$3,750; $3,750 + $1, 900 -
$5,650.)
In addition to boosing the
low income allowance,
the new legislation also has
increased the standard
deduction to 16 per cent of
the taxpayer’s adjusted
gross income, to a
maximum of $2,300 for
single persons, $2,600 for
married couples filing joint
CONSUMERTIP
+ Play the supermarket
“name game.”
Remember: “fruit
drinks’’ can be 90 per cent
water, sugar and artificial
flavoring.
“Egg bread’’ usually
contains only half an egg
and mostly coloring, at an
extra cost that could buy
you four fresh eggs.
“All meat franks” can
contain 10 per cent water
and 30 per cent fat.
The law requires the
listing of ingredients by
quantity. So a can of beef
stew listing water first and
meat last has more water
and less meat than
anything else.
FREEZONE
IS FOR CORNS
THAT HURT
Why fool around with painful corns, when
Freezone can help you remove them. Try
returns and $1,300 for
married persons filing
separate returns exceeds
$44,600.
In any case, before
claiming the child care and
dependent care deduction,
taxpayers should read the
instructions provided with
their tax forms very
carefully. If they still have a
question about eligibility or
how to compute the
deduction, taxpayers
should call their nearest
Internal Revenue Service
office toll free. It’s
particularly important to
remember that the higher
limit ' on adjusted gross
income will not take effect
for most taxpayers until
1976.
This column of questions and answers on federal tax
matters is provided by the local office of the U.S. Internal
Revenue Service and is published as a public service to
taxpayers. The column answers questions most frequent
ly asked by taxpayers.
Q. Because of an injury, I
missed 40 days of work. The sick
pay I received during this time
equalled my normal weekly pay.
Can I exclude this sick pay from my
income?
A. Generally, whether sick pay
may be excluded from income de
pends on the rate of the sick pay
for the first 30 days of absence. In
a case like yours, in which sick pay
is more than 75 percent of normal
weekly pay, you must be out of
work at least 30 days to exclude
any sick pay from your income. So
your 40-day absence qualifies you
to exclude the sick pay received
after the first 30 days.
When the sick pay is less than or
equal to 75 percent of normal pay,
the sick pay is excludable from the
first day if you are hospitalized,
and after seven days if not hospi
talized.
For more infori.'iation on sick
pay deductions, see IRS Publica
tion 522, “Adjustments To Income.
For Sick Pay."
Q. I took two days off from my
two week vacation trip to attend a
distrkrt sales meeting in the city I
was visiting. Are any of my ex
penses deductible as business ex
penses?
A. Any expenses directly attrib
utable to the business conducted
during the two days may be
claimed as a business expense de
duction. However, since the trip
was primarily a vacation, none of
your travel expense, including
meals and lodging, is deductible as
business expense.
You should back up any busi
ness deduction claims with re
ceipts and detailed notes of what
you spent, where, and for what
business transaction.
Q. wife and I have a joint
savings account. How do we divkte
the Interest tor taxes?
A. If two or more persons hold
savings accounts, bonds or other
interest-producing investments
jointly, local law determines what
share of the interest each re
ceives. You and your wife should
report your respective shares of
interest in the same way you re
port other income.
Notes & Reminders
ACROSS
. "Lavender
and Old
. Fishhook .
. A wise man
. English
authoi'
. Insides of
hands
. Climbing'
plant
. A-tiptoe
. Knave of
clubs in loo
. Sr.’s nan^e-
sake
. English poet
Little child
I. Audience
. Handle
roughly
Inspiration
for "The
Star-
Spangled
Banner"
. Chills and
fever
. Owned
. Fish
. Mudguards
. Saint ,
French town
. Splicing pin
. Jump
. Rabbit fur
. Eagle’s nest
. Roman
magistrate
. Pickle
solution
. Sow
, Employs
CROSSWORD
Shade
2. Diminuti\’e
of Alice
3. Full
4. Half ems
5. Make fast
(naut.)
6. Religious
teacher
t Moham.)
7. Narrow
inlet
8. F'rench-
man’s good
day
9. Health
resorts
11. Causticallv
15. Sat
18. Escape
(Slang)
of
brown
. Intcr-
ferers
. Ribbed
silk
fabric
Sets of
eight
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dynasty
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as by
a court
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Graf
warship
3i. Office
cabinet
D7. Juni-
i)]od
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Father
(Arab.)
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ClisbyWebb
Clisby W. Webb is a Southern Railway loco
motive engineer. Before coming to Southern,
Clisby spent six years in the U.S. Marines and two
of them as heavyweight Golden Gloves Champion
in Okinawa.
After becoming part of Southern Folks,
Clisby completed the month-long course in loco
motive engineering at our training school near
Atlanta. Then anoth-er five months of on-the-tracks
training under another qualified engineer.
Now Clisby’s regular run as an engineer is
hauling freight between Birmingham and Atlanta,
a distance of 160 miles. The train may stretch
as far as two miles behind him and he may haul
as much as 8,000 tons of freight on the 5 to
7-hourtrip.
What does the future hold for Clisby and
the other Southern Folks? Participation in one of
the real growth industries of America.
Railroads now carry more freight each
year than all the trucks, airplanes and barges
combined. And by 1990 we expect a 100 percent
increase in railroad traffic levels.
We think this means a profitable future for
Southern Railway and Southern Folks.
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THE RAILWAY SYSTEM THAT GIVES A GREEN LIGHT TO INNOVATIONS
Continued
31, it will no longer be legal
to require a spouse’s
signature on a joint credit if
the only reason for securing
the signature is to identify
sex or marital status.
HOLIDAY PLUNGE
SCHEDULE AT HIGH
POINT’S YWCA
MON. Dec. 22 2-8 p.m.
TUES. Dec. 23 2-8 p.m.
WED. Dec. 24 2-8 p.m.
FRI. Dec. 26 2-8 p.m.
SAT. Dec. 27 1-5 p.m.
SUN. Dec. 28 1-5 p.m.
MON. Dec. 29 2-8 p.m.
TUES. Dec. 30 2-8 p.m.
WED. Dec. 31 2-8 p.m.
All plunges 50«f or
Dipticket: 10 swims for
$4.00. When Building is
closed enter on Perpetual
Loan parking log side of
building going down the
steps. _
WINSTON-SALEM-
Concerned Women for
Justice, a state-wide organ
ization, along with the
senior citizens of Winston-
Salem, will visit Central
fron Page 1
Prison in Raleigh, Satur
day, December 13, at 10
a.m.
The senior citizen’s band
will furnish music and
entertainment. Gifts and
refreshments will also be
distributed.
Anyone caring to donate
gifts may do so by calling
723-2736 or 725-1442 and
your gift will be picked up
at your request.
GREENSBORO-Basket-
ball registration is now
being held at Hayes-Taylor
YMCA for women who are
interested in joining an
adult basketball team.
Register today!!!!!!
For further information
call or come by Hayes^Tay-
lor YMCA, 1101 E. Market
Street, Greensboro, N.C.
Phone: 272-0197 or
272-0198.
HIGH POINT—Fourth
Street Y.W.C.A.: Monday
thru Friday-Adult Day
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NOTICE OF COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC
HEARING
MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1975 at 7:30 P.M.
IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS
OF THE MUNICIPAL OFFICE BUILDING
ON
SOUTH HAMILTON STREET
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HIGH POINT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE
CITIZENS ADVISORY COUNCIL WILL HOLD THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON THE
CITY OF HIGH POINT’S SECOND YeAR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1975 ^T 7-30 P M. IN THE CITY COUNCIL
CHAMBERS. THE PURPOSE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING IS TO PROVIDE
CITIZENS OF HIGH POINT WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE SeCOND YeAR A^PPLICATION AND FOR THE CITY
COUNCIL AND CITIZENS ADVISORY COUNCIL TO OBTAIN THE VIEWS OF CITIZENS
ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING NEEDS OF THE CITY.
ROY B. CULLER, JR., MAYOR
CITY OF HIGH POINT
P.O. BOX 230
HIGH POINT, N.C.