April, 2001      Diablo Blue      Page 13

Across
4. What we do as tax payers
7. Tax on imported items
9. A debit to an account
10. Declared value of an item for tax purposes
12. A fixed tax on the passage across a bridge
14. A tax charged for an offence
15. Tax on a commodity

Down
1. An extra amount added to what is owed
2. What the IRS can get out of a turnup
3. To collect a tax
5. Finding the value of an item so that it can be taxed
6. What a tax feels like when it is excessive
8. A tax on one nation by another
9. What it feels like to try to complete the tax forms on time
11. A tax on imported items
13. A payment of monies, goods, or services to the government

Tax Time: Long ago people were warned "Beware the Ides of March." I guess the IRS collected a month early back then. If you need a break from "if line 42 is larger then line 65 then multiply line 3 by $1,000 and place the total on line 67" then take a few minutes to solve this month's puzzle.