The Fort Hood Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 7, 1980 Page: 1 of 24
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VOL 39 NO. 23
By RICK FULTON
Safe driving on Texas highways over
the upcoming Labor Day Weekend was
the subject of discussion among area
law enforcement officers representa-
tives of Fort Hood embers of the
news media and Jaycees at a meeting at
ill
GETTING THE POINT The two occupants of
this vehicle finally got the message that speed
and fatigue can hurt. The Texas Jaycees Club
hopes to prevent as many of these accidents as
possible by establishing rest stops for weary
Why do some people fail to pay their
taxes? Perhaps not enough tax with-
held from each paycheck or an error
was made in preparing the tax return or
a self-employed person failed to make
quarterly estimated tax payments says
the IRS. In addition an employer can
neglect to deposit the tax withheld from
his employees or fail to contribute their
portion of the Social Security tax.
WHEN A PERSON owes the IRS
additional tax a bill is sent demanding
payment within ten days. If the tax-
payer thinks the bill is wrong he should
notify the IRS by writing telephoning
or by personally visiting the local IRS
office.
A ny rec rd s such as can celled
checks or tax returns which support the
claim should be made available for the
IRS to review. If the taxpayer is correct
an adjustment will be made to the per-
son’s account. Any tax with interest
and penalty still due after the correction
is made ust be paid.
If delinquent taxes are owed the IRS
can collect by several methods. For ex-
ample the IRS employee may request
financial information to determine the
best method for payment. Usually if
the taxpayer can repay all the outstand-
ing taxes at once by selling property
borrowing or using savings the debt
is paid immediately.
ON THE OTHER hand if the tax-
a a pay th lin
amount immediately the taxpayer may
qualify for installment payments.
When a taxpayer can pay immediate-
ly or under an installment agreement
but chooses not to do so the IRS can
enforce collection. One method of en-
forced collection is by levy.
A levy is a taking of property to satisfy
a tax debt. It can be against salaries
wages bank accounts or commissions.
Under the Internal Revenue Code a
levy can be used against a taxpayer neg-
lecting or refusing to pay taxes within
ten days after the first notice has been
given. Usually however the taxpayer
has received several notices and has
failed to ake satisfactory arrange-
ents for payment before a levy is
issued.
In certain circumstances only one
the Killeen Community Center on Busi-
ness 190 at 7:30 p.m. Monday.
HOSTING THE DISCUSSION was
the Killeen Jaycees Club an organiza-
tion which includes many members
from the post community. Bruce Mac-
Donald the club’s director for chapter
SWl
Delinquent taxpayers face collection
notice may be sent to business tax-
payers who fail to pay the income and
social security taxes withheld from the
wages of their employees.
CERTAIN TYPES OF property are
exempt from levy by law according to
the IRS. They include most clothes
school books fuel provisions furni-
ture personal effects books and tools
used in business up to a certain monet-
ary value unem ploym ent benefits
rk ’s co en satio salary
wages or other income subject to a prior
judgem ent for court-ordered child sup-
port paym ents certain annuity and
pension payments undelivered mail
deposits to the special Treasury fund
made by members of the Armed Forces
and Public Health Service employees
on permanent duty assigned outside
the United States or its possessions
and a minimum exemption for ages
salaries and other income of $50 per
week plus an additional $15 for each
dependent.
There are also several types of proper-
ty which the IRS does not levy on ex-
cept in flagrant and aggravated cases of
refusal to pay. These types of property
include social security benefits medi-
care paym ents welfare aym ents
death benefits and contributions to in-
dividual retirement accounts (IRA) and
self-employed KEOUGH accounts.
Also as a matter of policy a levy
against the wages or salary of a taxpayer
does not affect such deductions as
taxes hospitalization premiums or un-
ion dues.
The IRS may also levy or seize prop-
erty which is not readily convertible to
cash such as vehicles business assets
real estate and personal property.
PROPERTY WHICH IS seized may
be sold. Generally the IRS will not sell
property which is seized for nonpay-
ment of taxes without giving at least ten
days notice to both the taxpayer and the
public about the proposed sale. An ex-
ception to this practice is perishable
goods which may be sold immediately.
Taxpayers can redeem their property
before its sale by paying the tax and the
expenses of the seizure. Real estate may
also be redeemed within 120 days after
the sale by paying the buyer the purch
grow th is in charge of the Killeen
group’s local effort in the statewide
“Drive 55 for Texas” campaign and he
moderated the gathering.
“Drive 55 for Texas” is an on-going
summer 1980 project co-sponsored by
the State Department of Highways and
Public Transportation and by the Texas
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drivers over the coming Labor Day Weekend.
The theme of the effort is “Drive 55 for Texas”
and the organization hopes that every driver
civilian and military alike takes it to heart.
(Photo by Steve Valentine)
ase price plus interest at 20 percent
annual rate for the amount of time the
purchaser owned the property.
It is important to remember that in
all collection-related activities tax
payers have certain basic rights.
Taxpayers may represent themselves
or be represented by an attorney certi-
fied public accountant or a person en-
rolled to practice before the IRS. Tax-
payers may also bring witnesses to sup-
port their position.
WHEN A TAX problem can be hand-
led more quickly and conveniently in
another IRS district the taxpayer may
request transfer of the case there.
Taxpayers receive a receipt for each
cash payment and on request are given
a receipt for any other type of payment.
Taxpayers also have the right to receive
copies of all contractual agreements
such as payment agreements ade
with the IRS.
The IRS has an obligation by law to
protect the confidentiality of the infor-
mation on a taxpayer’s return. Howev-
er if a Notice of Federal Tax Lien is
filed or if there is a lawsuit certain
aspects of the taxpayer’s case become a
matter of public record.
The IRS can excuse taxpayers from
penalties if there is reasonable cause for
late payment of the tax or late filing of
the return. Penalties for failure to esti-
mate cannot be waived for reasonable
cause. Taxpayers who believe that they
have reasonable cause should discuss
the reasons with an IRS representative.
THE PENALTY WILL be eliminated
if the taxpayer provides a written state-
ment giving the facts of the reasonable
cause and if the IRS agrees with the
statement. The interest rate adjusted
periodically to reflect changes in the
prevailing prime rate charged by com-
mercial banks to large businesses can-
not be waived.
For more information explaining the
IRS collection process taxpayers may
want to read the free IRS Publication
586A “The Collection Process (Income
Tax Accounts).” It can be ordered by
mail or by calling the IRS number
listed in the local telephone directory. It
can also be picked up at ost IRS
offices.
FT. HOOD SENTINEL
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FT. HOOD TEXAS THURSDAY AUGUST 7 1980
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Jaycees. The program is in the nature of
a campaign to promote the 55-mile-an-
hour speed limit that is the national law
of the land.
Following a slide presentation the
group discussed the illeen club’s
planned reststop to be set up at Flor-
ence over th 72-hour abor Day
Weekend. The reststop which will be
manned continuously during the holi-
day is being established south of Kil-
leen in order to catch traffic going to
and coming from the Austin area.
KILLEEN IS NOT the only Jaycee
chapter in the area planning to operate a
Labor Day reststop. The Copperas Cove
club plans a similar event on 190 near
the town in order to provide a stopping
in for lake-bound eekenders.
O ther Jaycees around the state are
doing likewise in an effort to blanket all
major Texas roads during the last major
holiday weekend of summer.
Lt. Col. Ed Szeman of the III Corps
G-5 Community Relations Office ap-
plauded the goals of the campaign and
told th ille ro a th re
together to discuss the project that the
military population of Fort Hood would
be informed of the free Jaycees rest-
stops across the state and about the
“Drive 55” campaign.
Major effort is being put into the
“Drive 55 for Texas” campaign. Part of
the reason for having the reststops is to
expose the public to literature concern-
ing driving at 55 miles an hour as well
as to provide a place to rest and relax for
tired drivers.
According to the Texas State Depart-
ment of Highways and Public Trans
By ART PHELPS
Common household chemicals can
cause fires when improperly stored
according to officials at both the Killeen
and Fort Hood fire departments.
A RECENT FIRE in a housing area
storage shed on post was in fact caused
by spontaneous combustion when a
common detergent and bleach com-
bined in an enclosed area said Calixto
Morin chief inspector for the post fire
department.
“In that case the detergent and liquid
bleach were stored together and the
bleach container developed a leak” ex-
plained Morin. “The liquid reacted with
the phosphorus in the detergent and be
gan to heat up. The temperature in the
AT THE READY A Chaparral anti-aircraft
missile is silhouetted by the setting sun during
the 1st Cav. Div. Anniversary and the 33rd
annual 1st Cav. Association reunion July 3 to
Aug. 3 on Gaffey Field. The missile was apart of
portation’s traffic safety section driv-
ing at the national speed limit saves
lives gasoline and dollars.
The section reports that chances of
surviving a car wreck at 70 miles an
hour are only one in two. At 55 howev-
er survival odds become 31 to 1 in favor
of the driver. The annual number of in-
juries from traffic accidents in America
dropped by 400000 within two years af-
ter the 55 MPH speed limit became law.
Most importantly according to the
section the fatality rate nationwide
plunged when 55 became the law. Some
54615 people died on American roads
in cars in 1973. The figure for 1974 after
the law came into being was 45763.
It is estimated that 700 lives a year
have been saved in Texas alone since 55
became the law and that more than
6000 have been saved across the nation
annually.
Regarding the savings of oil the
second point the Department of Trans-
portation and the Jaycees are zeroing in
on it is believed that 55 if most drivers
obeyed it would result in three billion
extra gallons of gas saved a year.
TESTS BY THE Federal Highway
Adm inistration prove that motorists
get between 17 and 40 percent better
mileage at 55 MPH than at 70 with the
exact savings depending on the car’s
size eight design and ptional
equipment.
The Federal Energy Administration
estimates that most cars gets about 20
percent better mileage at 55 than at 70.
This adds up to two extra gallons of gas
for every 10.
Improperly-stored chemicals cause fire
shed was high to begin with and even-
tually the mixture began to burn.”
Although rare he said fires of that
type may result when certain chemicals
are exposed to any liquid in small
amounts including water.
“Water itself doesn’t burn and will act
as a coolant in large amounts” added
Morin. “But small amounts of any li-
quid will react with certain chemicals to
create heat.
“IF YOU HAVE ever put a small
amount of detergent on your skin you
will notice that you feel some heat after
a while. That’s because the chemicals in
the detergent have reacted to the mois-
ture in your skin.”
To illustrate the point the post fire
department includes in their periodic
On guard
TWENTY-FOUR PAGES
The Drive 55 campaign also promotes
the idea that keeping the speed down is
a patriotic act that will save dollars and
thus help keep America strong.
According to the Drive 55 campaign
the cost of America’s oil imports went
from $4 billion in 1973 to an estimated
$65 billion in 1979. Noting that higher
oil prices are fuel for an “inflationary
bonfire” the campaign stresses that
there is no choice except to conserve
gasoline and that transportation is a
good place to start because 44 percent
of oil burned is done so by motor vehi-
cles over seven million barrels of oil a
day.
HIGHWAY OFFICIALS E S I
MATE even though many drivers don’t
keep their speed to 55 that the official
speed limit is already saving the coun-
try about 1-.5 billion gallons a year. They
say this could go up to three to five bil-
lion gallons a year if everyone com-
plied.
According to the Department of Pub-
lic Safety speeding arrests in Texas
have more than doubled in five years. In
1973 306668 citations were made. The
figure for speeding arrests in the state in
1978 was 830186 a trend that probably
will continue since law enforcement
officials within the state have promised
to enforce speeding laws.
According to MacDonald who began
the program with a slide briefing on the
hys” of driving 55 “The Texas
Jaycees want to show that somebody is
involved and really cares about saving
lives and also about cutting back on the
amount of foreign oil used in this coun-
try. This is our message.”
fire prevention classes a demonstration
of what can happen when powdered
bleach and calcium hydrochloride (a
water purifier) are exposed to one
another he said.
“We use oil to speed up the process”
he said. “But basically we just get the
mixture wet wait a few minutes and
we’ve got a fire.”
Mike Turo afire marshall with the
Killeen Fire' Department is quick to
point out that there are literally hun-
dreds of potentially dangerous house-
hold chemicals that when improperly
stored may burst into flame.
“FOR EXAMPLE granular chlorine
shouldn’t be stored in a metal building
and should be kept in a secure contain-
(Continued on Pg. 5A)
the static display set up by representatives of
the First Team. Other activities included tours
of the post and “Cav. Country” both 1st Cav.
Div. and 2nd Armd. Div. armor museums and
luncheons. (Photo by Kenneth E. Clauson)
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