European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 20, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday november 20,1986 irs unveils new 4-Page tax withholding form Washington up the inter Nal Revenue service unveiled an expanded w-4 employer tax withholding form tuesday 10 prevent people from keeping too much of i hair paychecks. Irs commissioner Lawrence Gibbs said the new form applies especially 10 fam Ilies where the husband and wife work. In computer testing different wage earner scenario we quickly Learned that for Loo Many people the old w-4 lax tables simply would Noi work Gibbs Lold a news conference. We re not talking about shades of difference Between the two tax Laws he said adding that personal exemptions Worth  in 1986, will be Worth 11,900 next year. Without the changes the taxpayer could be seriously under withheld for in come Tan purposes and might be subject to penalties Gibbs said. Because of the size of the differences Between rate brackets under the new Law. If More than one income is involved the amount of under withholding can be  the expanded w-4 form including tables and a worksheet is four pages Long compared id the old two Page form. But the irs said most people will find the new form easy to Complete. For example Arthur Allman assistant director of the ibs tax forms and publications division said More than half of All w-4 filers will Only ill out form items a through a which ask for Basic information on the wage earner spouse and dependents. But Filen with substantial itemized deductions like interest payments on a House age or blindness deductions Orother adjustments to income Are advised to fill out form items f through p to prevent Over withholding. Because paying too much in advances not a crime those items Are not mandatory but under withholding is a crime subject to tines if withholding comes to less than 90 percent of the eventual tax or less than 100 percent of the previous year s lax. Lines o through t on the new w-4form Are therefore mandatory for Filer with a working spouse More than one Job or significant non wage income. If the form is filled out faithfully All Man said an individual s withholding lax should pretty closely reflect what he will eventually end up paying. Only the second revision to with Holdin slate checks in 1s, in new Jomara vim no optional until oct. 1, 1987, after which they become mandatory. Toby a Soo la. Siberian Tiger Slu patiently in the rear of is owner s track outside restaurant in pal Estine Texas. Kit owner Walter Arnett of Corsica Tiger by the tailgate a says the Tiger is declared and keeps potential thieves away from his tools which Are stared in the bed of his truck. . Economy Marks moderate summer growth Washington a the nation s Economy propelled in part by booming car sates expanded a moderate 2.9 percent annual rate this summer after the Spring s near standstill performance the government said  Commerce department said the Rise in the Gross National product also was the result of a heft defense spending increase and a slightly improved Trade performance. The 2.9 percent growth marked an upward revision from the original estimate one month ago that the Economy had expanded at a 2.4 percent rate in Luly september period. The faster growth was accompanied by higher inflation. An inflation Index tied to the Gnu Rose at an annual rate of 2.4 percent in the third Quarter up substantially from a 1.7 percent annual rate in the april june Quarter. The government blamed the inflation Rise on higher food prices. Even with the upward revision in growth the econ omy was still expanding at a rate far below Reagan administration expectations. The administration had been hoping for growth in the final six months of the year to exceed an annual Rale of 4 percent. Most analysis Are predicting growth in the final three months of the year will average 3 percent to 3.5 percent the Pace of current activity is far above the barely perceptible growth rate of 0.6 percent turned in during he Spring. Magazine Survey studies children s allowances new York a the average american child gets an allowance of s3.34 a week with 5-year-Olds starting at 11.40 and 16-year-Olds taking in a Sweet $8.13, according to a Survey of families with working mothers. Nine out of 10 parents give their Chil Dren allowances and 70 percent of them expect something in return like a clean room or a Good report card. Working Mother Magazine reports in its december Issue. Sixty five percent of parents who give allowances Are Happy with the Way they Are spent More than half impose no restrictions. The Survey of 961 working Mother readers found most kids started getting their allow Ance when they were about 6vi, and More than three quarters had one by age 8. Boys were asked to do More chores for their allowance than girls and More often disappointed their parents with their performance. Boys started off getting More than Girts but at age 12 girls took the Lead and held it through the teen age Yean. Family income had relatively Tittle bearing on children s allowances. Parents seem to have reached an unspoken consensus about what children should get the Magazine reports. At each age level there is rarely More than 50 cents to ii difference Between what the poorest and richest households  but parents with lower incomes the Survey found expect children to do More for their Money. Seventy four percent of kids spent some or All their Money on toys. Other expenses for which allowances go include food 43 percent sometimes spend Money for this gifts 39 percent comics magazines and Boob 38 percent movies video games and records 34 percent clothes and jewelry 31 per Cen school supplies 19 percent and savings 15 percent. Only 4 percent bought Candy a sub stance an which previous generations of children were accused of squandering their allowances. The Survey is based on 961 responses to questionnaires placed in the july Issue of working Mother which has a circulation of 550,000. Seventy three percent of the parents who responded were mar ried 23 percent were separated or divorced 3 percent never married and 1 percent were widowed. Those surveyed had 1,043 children Between the Ages of 5 and 16. The average income of the families surveyed was 137,600, and almost All lived in cities or suburbs. According to the census Bureau in 1984 the average american family made $29,919. Man who wanted More Homework for son loses suit Southampton . A a Man who filed suit contending his 6-year-old son was t getting enough Homework lost his Case tuesday and was ordered to pay the $975 in tuition he was with holding. Michael Sciarra of Noyak filed a $ 1,495 lawsuit con tending the private Hampton Day school breached a contract by reneging on an agreement to Supply his ton Phillip with three to four Homework assignments a week or books from which Reading assignments could retaken. The school couple sued asking that Sciarra pay $975 in unpaid tuition. The lawsuits were combined for trial. The 20-year-old school has an enrolment of 100 students whose parents pay annual tuition up to$4,100, depending on the age of the child. The boy who was in first Grade at the Bridgehampton school last year now attends Public school. Kevin Brennan director of the non profit Hampton Day school said the parents were pressing the child to read quickly. Sciarra s attorney John Jiras said the verdict in Southampton Justice court proved it s difficult to attack the Citadel of education in any form shape or  he said the jury also rejected his argument that an Oral contract was made to give More Homework to the boy who has nol been told about the lawsuit. Brennan said the child did worse in school after Bis parents began leaching him at Home with Flash cards. Learning was t fun for him anymore he said. He did t complain but he no longer wanted to read with the teachers. He did actually receive appropriate  the father said that since his son began attending Public school he s getting Homework every night and he s doing great with it