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Dy Paula Dittrkk
The frantic scurry to get that tax return postmarked by
midnight April 15 probably will reach full tilt beginning
the day after Easter, according to an I & R Block, Inc.
official.
David Welbig, Lincoln city manager for the tax consult
ant firm, said he expects to see "the people who
perpetually put everything off flood his office next
week.
He described a tax trend beginning with a "tremendous
flurry" of clients completing 1040 forms by the end of
February. These are the ones "in a big hurry" to get their
refunds, he said.
The people filing returns between March 1 and April
1 5 arc those taxpayers who owe the government more
money than the earlier filers and who find themselves con
fronted "with the end in sight," Welbig said.
Stragglers sending in returns after April 15 will be fined
5 per cent of the tax paid for each month not exceeding
25 per cent of the total amount of taxes paid.
Failure to file
Those people who owe money and fail to file a return
will be fined .5 per cent of the tax paid for each month ,
not exceeding 25 per cent of the total amount of taxes
paid.
Daniel Seklecki, Omaha District Affairs IRS officer,
said people intentionally not filing a return face a stricter
penalty than the percentage fines.
Persons deliberately trying to avoid paying their taxes
can face criminal charges of from one to five years
imprisonment, he added.
He said he encourages persons lacking the money to
pay their taxes to file their returns on time so they will
not risk the charge of criminal intent. Persons who mis
place W2 forms or who do not realize they must pay taxes
are not accused of criminal intent, he said.
Welbig said the most common questions people ask are
whether they have to file a return and how they can
obtain the $50 rebate President Carter has suggested every
taxpayer receive.
Drastic move
Predicting failure of the rebate idea "unless Carter
makes a drastic move," Welbig said "people will be a little
disappointed."
Seklecki said that if Congress approves the rebate, it
will be returned to people automatically without any
further filing by the taxpayers.
He said it would be similar to the rebate granted two
years ago, except that this would be a standard amount
and probably would cause less confusion.
The 1975 income tax return had a maximum rebate of
$200 declining to no rebate, depending upon the amount
earned. Confusion was caused because the rebate was
initiated in "mid-tax season," Seklecki said.
The current tax forms changed after Congress reformed
the tax laws. He said this change has increased the number
of questions asked about tax forms and the percentage of
errors.
Error rata
The rate of errors increased about I per cent on each
type of form, Seklecki said. This year's rate of errors is 8
to 9 per cent for the short 1040 form and 10 to 12 per
cent for the longer 1040A form, he said.
,irWel!58 said the change has made the forms "quite
dfncmt to understand ." He said peopls must compute
their taxable income before consulting a table telling them
the amount of taxes they must pay.
Colleges 9 request for Bid denied
The Nebraska Legislature's Budget Committee last
week rejected the request by the Nebraska community
colleges to increase their state aid to at least $15 million.
The requests were made during the committee's hear
ings on budget requests for higher education for the 1977
78 fiscal year,
"We would be hopeful that when the -Appropriations
Committee comes before the Unicameral they would be a
little more understanding of our problem," said Southeast
Community College Director David Buettner.
The community colleges' request for $15 million was
a compromise -they originally asked for $17 million..
While the Budget Committee voted to keep the com
munity college's state aid at $13.6 million, it approved
$1.6 million worth of improvements to the NU budget.
Administrators at the Southeast Community college
have been "much too busy" to worry about the fact that
NU got an increase in their budget while the community
college did not, according to Buettner.
"I don't think anyone has been vindictive of it,
although everyone is very concerned," he said.
Budget cuts will have to be made at the Southeast area
to meet inflationary costs, Buettner said, but he did not
know exactly where those cuts would be made.
There were no changes made in the budgets for Ne
braska's state colleges at Perur Wayne and Chadron. The
budget of Kearney State was increased by $35,000 for the
addition of two faculty members.
The budget increase for NU will be used for various
projects. It will include giving $10,000 for the State
Museum in Morrill Hall and $70,000 to expand tuition
waivers for disadvantaged students at Omaha.
The $1.6 million increase will be financed, in part,
with tuition revenue generated this fiscal year beyond
what NU is allowed to spend. The difference will be made
up with stale tax funds.
NU will be cut $10 million short of what it wanted in
tax money if the Budget Committee's recommendations
stand up. Gov. J. James Exon recommended $11 million
less than the $1 1 1 million that NU requested.
CSL delays lowering
The Council on Student Life (CSL)
Thursday postponed action on an Ad
Hoc Committee proposal to reduce the age
at "which unmarried freshman are required
to live on-campus from 20-19.
The probable cost impact of lowering
the age requirement was estimated at an
increase of $3559 per students who re
main in the residence halls, the committee
reported. The report of the increase was
prepared by then director of Housing
Richard Armstrong, who is now Vice Chan
cellor for Student Affairs.
Armstrong estimated in the report that
of 1200 on-campus housed students
having the option to move off-campus,
175 would opt to do so causing the cost
increase for the remaining residence hall
students.
Steve Eggland, Council member, said it
is important to consider the legal right of
those 19-year-olds under state law.
"It would either be an actual or intrinsic
value to those 175 students involved,"
Eggland said.
Council member Mike Eyster said that it
was not against the law to require the 20
year age requirement as long as it was
under the academic auspices of the uni
versity. V-
The Council decided to gather opin
ions from students in various residence
halls on the price impact and rule at their
next meeting on April 21.
In other action, the council decided
to circulate a questionaire report evaluating
the effectiveness of the freshman year pro
gram in Centennial College at UNL.
The program is intended to allow fresh
men to become better acquainted with
other freshmen through the formation of
smaller classes, said Barbara Smith, Centen
nial faculty member.
Nelson Potter, past Centennial director,
said the purpose of the questionaire was
to "have some objective outside support of
our program."
He said he is worried about the future
of Centennial College because it is "on the
same level as other colleges but we Ye too
tiny to be recognized ,"
He said Centennial, which is beth an
academic and housing unit, draws only
1 II 000 of UNL's total budget.
The council also ruled that UNL stu
dents should not be considered to be parti
cipating in a university sponsored event
where institutional funds are not the
funding resource.
Edited by WILL WENG
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