Synopsis
This black and white 1955 film produced for the American Institute of Accountants in cooperation with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), offers taxpayers broad and generalized information about the operations of the IRS while providing guidance on dealing with a financial audit. It includes dramatic re-enactments of the auditing process (TRT 14:43). Opening titles: “Helping the Taxpayer” and “What Happens When the Government Questions Your Tax Returns” (0:08). A man drops an envelope into a post office mailbox mounted on a streetlamp (0:26). Letters slide down a post office mail chute. Dumping out mailbags. Sorting envelopes (0:38). Interior IRS office: The inner workings of the tax service. Men and women work at long wooden desks, shuffling and reviewing paperwork. Large doric columns extend to a high ceiling. A bald man in glasses wears a bow tie. Filing cabinets line the walls (0:55). Lines of taxpayers queue up behind signs: “Tax Forms” and “Office Supplies” (1:23). A sign: “Franklin and Edson Certified Public Accountants.” An accountant at a desk compares two ledgers. He pulls a book from a shelf, “Montgomery’s Federal Taxes” (1:28). A map of the United States with a bar graph representing the relatively low number of tax returns that are audited by the IRS each year superimposed (1:48). Another tax office “Morgan and Cramer.” A man with a mustache and a pinstripe suit reviews dubious business trip expenses with his accountant. He explains that toy cars cannot easily…
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Details
- Running time
- 14 minutes
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Taxpayer
- 1955
- IRS
- Income Tax
- Accounting
- Tax Return
- Auditing
- Stock Footage