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Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina
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Nation-wide drive in Washington targets hundreds of thousands of employers delinquent on Social Security Act tax payments. Investigators found 100,000 in one month, saving millions; focus on voluntary compliance for mostly unintentional evasions. (Dec. 30, 1937)
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Hundreds of Thousands of Employers Said Not Paying Tax
Copyright, 1937, by United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. (UP)
Hundreds of thousands of employers have not been complying with tax payment requirements of the Social Security Act and treasury investigators and the social security board have been cooperating in a nation-wide drive to bring them into line. It was learned last night.
The campaign was begun several weeks ago when payments into the social security fund fell far below the amounts anticipated. During one month, it was disclosed, the investigators discovered 100,000 delinquents, and thus saved millions of dollars to the government.
Nearly all the evasions are of unintentional character, one official said, and the investigators concentrated on getting the employers to comply voluntarily, through education and warning, rather than invoke the stringent penalty provision of the law.
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Washington
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Dec. 30, 1937
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investigators discovered 100,000 delinquents in one month, saving millions of dollars to the government. focus on voluntary compliance rather than penalties.
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Hundreds of thousands of employers have not been complying with tax payment requirements of the Social Security Act. Treasury investigators and the social security board are cooperating in a nation-wide drive to bring them into line, begun several weeks ago when payments fell below anticipated amounts. Nearly all evasions are unintentional, with efforts on education and warning.