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Tax problems? Call IRS
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Forget the generation gap,
the counter culture, and the
age-old conflicts between
young and old. As the middle
of April approaches, students
and parents alike will be faced
with the same problem.
Federal income tax returns
must be postmarked and on
their way to the Internal
Revenue Service by midnight
April 15,1971.
In an effort to aid
taxpayers, the IRS has set up
an income tax "Help line
through their Omaha and
Lincoln branches. By dialing
475-3541. the taxpayer can
contact IRS consultants who
can handle questions the
citiren may have concerning
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According to Ken Guest,
IRS manager of the Lincoln
office, the telephone network
allows his staff to handle many
more questions. He added that
a small percentage of the calls
come from students and
younger people.
Guest said that young
people today are better
informed about taxes, they
have filled out forms their
entire life so the tax form is
nothing new. The IRS is also
teaching high school students
basic instruction in bow to file
returns.
STUDENTS PRIMARILY have
tax difficulties when both their
parents and themselves provide
money for their college and
living expenses. Both parties
want to claim the student as a
dependent. There are two
stipulations which allow the
parents of students to claim
them as exemptions.
The parents must have
provided over half of the
student's support during the
post calendar year. This
includes the dependent's food,
shelter, clothing, education,
health, recreation and
transportation.
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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Junior Steve Fowler, an
ASUN Senator from Lincoln,
has a wide lead in his bid to
become ASUN President-but
apparently a large number of
NU students are still undecided
on who they will vote for in
Wednesday's Spring Election,
according to a poll taken
during the last several days by
the Daily Nebraskan.
Among students who
indicated they would vote,
Fowler polled 32 per cent,
ASUN Sen. Tim Kincaid
received 1 2 per cent and Doug
Voegler 1 1 percent. Candidates
Kent "Rick" Apthorpe and
Gary Schkiger received the
least support.
However, of the students
who said they would go to the
polls Wednesday, 37 per cent
had not yet made a decision on
the five-man Presidential race.
The 200 NU students who
participated in the poll were
selected randomly from the
official University registration
book. The students were
personally polled on their
Help Line
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And the student must not
be married at the end of the
calendar year.
Students may now earn up
to $1,700 per year without
paying any tax on this money.
This is an increase from $900
in previous years.
If a college student had no
federal income tax liability in
the previous year and
anticipates none this year, he
may complete Form W-4E and
give it his employer. This will
eliminate withholding tax from
being taken from student's
summer or part-time
employment. Social Security
benefits will still be withheld
however.
IF A STUDENT has a
scholarship or loan from the
University or a private
benefactor, he is advised to
consult the Financial Aids
Office of the University to
obtain the tax status of the aid.
Students who file long
forms claiming deductions in
various areas cannot claim
educational expenses as
deductions in most instances.
Only if an employer requires a
student to attend school to
maintain his present job status
may toe costs of education be
deducted.
Guest also reminded all
students who expect refunds to
Qe for them. Refunds may be
obtained up tc three years
after the return was actually
filed. Therefore refunds which
were filed in 1971 may still be
claimed until April of 1974.
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awareness of election issues,
candidates and student
government in general.
More than 40 per cent of
the students polled said they
planned to vote in the
Wednesday spring election.
That figure, however, is
considerably higher than
current predictions by veteran
student politicians. Last year,
only about 20 per cent of the
students voted.
All regularly enrolled
students on the University of
Nebraska's two Lincoln
campuses are eligible to cast
ballots in the annual election.
Among the entire sample,
41 per cent didn't know when
ASUN elections were being
held, 1 5 per cent were unaware
of what ASUN is. When asked
what ASUN is, one student
said "no one cares.
On a scale ranging from
excellent to poor, this year's
ASUN received a 49 per cent
"good rating from those who
planned to vote, and 7 per cent
"poor. The undecided group
gave it 16 per cent "poor" and
28 per cent "good" while
students not planning to vote
rated it 9 per cent "good," 26
per cent "bad," and 21 per
cent "poor."
The PACE proposal
outpolled the Regents
Committee Plan in all three
groups but a large number was
still undecided. Thirty per cent
of the sample could not
identify the PACE idea.
Students in all three
categories -those who said they
planned to vote, were
undecided, or wouldn't
vote-supported retention of
student fees for the Da3y
Nebraskan and 95 per cent
reported that they read the
paper either daily or
frequently.
The Joint Peace Treaty issue
got relatively dear approval
from the group who said they
would vote with 56 per cent
favoring it, 15 per cent
opposing, and 29 per cent
undecided. The other two
groups also approved it but
almost as many were still
undecided.
When respondents were
questioned to list all the
Presidential candidates they
could from memory, the
results contrasted sharply from
their choices for President.
Douglas VoegSer, possibly as
a result of his widely
distributed and easy-to-read
posters, was remembered most
frequently (31). Following
him was Tim Kincaid with
26, 23 for Steve Fowler,
12 for Kent Apthorpe, and
Gary Schleiger with 8.
The most outstanding result
of the poll was the large
number of University students
who were undecided whether
to vote and undecided how to
vote if they did cast a ballot.
Veteran student election
observers predict that the
increased election coverage in
campus papers and political
campaigning since the poll was
taken will sway many of the
undecideds and determine the
ultimate outcome of the
election.
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TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 1971
