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oe REDUCE CAPONE U.S. TAX DEBT == T0 $220,980 A) Capone has egreed with the a Sena for the years 1924 te 1979, M@Mvalva. An announcement was made here : yesterday that special attorneys for bes the treasury department and counsel oe for the former oeer car have mgrect ce to stipulations reducing the tax ‘ elaimed the government trom are 042 to $220,989. pa A Public hearing on Capone's appeal b from the government levy eet for 40- y morrow before Judge J. Ri of the board of tax appeals was can. es Instead Judge Leech will return United Btates government that he| from Washington Monday, OWeE-Fr70,F80 in disputed income je government will then ask tha’ va Iemente t : judgments be entered against Capone and three other gangsters who agreed to stipulation reductions last week. By entering the stipulation agree 4 ments, Capone, through bis attorney, Michael Ahern, admits only that he owes # certain amount of money in taxes. Collection of this judgment must be made dy Collector of Internal Revenue Carter Harrison, It wax conceded by government of. fictals that collection of the entire Judgment might prove difficult, be- cause gangsters rarely have visible ‘There are ens against Ca- e" ity in his home at Miami, pete te, It is said, would wipe out only a smeIPETTEr his indebted. ness, Agents of the investigating unit of the internal revenue depart. ment must ferret out his other assets, the officials said. ‘The civil tax case against Capone has been investigated since December by Elden McFarland, special attorney for the treasury department, and his assistants, Joho E. Maraball and Bor- nard E. Daniela. They bad gone to great lengths, obtaining depositions from 21 peraons in Florida, impounding the books of former Capone gambling houses and other filegal interests, and subpena- ing numeroug-hankglerks. It was Delleved that Capone's counsel agrels to the stipulation to avold, mot eniy the expense of a lengthy hearing, bi further revelations of the former lord’s many Mega! activities, ‘The stipulation fixed Capone's net income for the six years at $703,496, and amount of taxes and penal- tles at $220,980. Capone is tn Alco traz prison, serving an 11 year sen- tence for violation of the income inf laws, Last week stipulations reducti thelr totel tax claims from $2,251,698 to $529,062 were agreed to by Ralpit Capon , Jack Gurlk, and James ¥ rondl. .