Davenport v. Commissioner

1989 T.C. Memo. 434, 57 T.C.M. 1329, 1989 Tax Ct. Memo LEXIS 432
CourtUnited States Tax Court
DecidedAugust 16, 1989
DocketDocket Nos. 8253-88, 33047-88
StatusUnpublished
Cited by2 cases

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Davenport v. Commissioner, 1989 T.C. Memo. 434, 57 T.C.M. 1329, 1989 Tax Ct. Memo LEXIS 432 (tax 1989).

Opinion

RONALD W. DAVENPORT, Petitioner v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
Davenport v. Commissioner
Docket Nos. 8253-88, 33047-88
United States Tax Court
T.C. Memo 1989-434; 1989 Tax Ct. Memo LEXIS 432; 57 T.C.M. (CCH) 1329; T.C.M. (RIA) 89434;
August 16, 1989; As corrected August 17, 1989; As corrected September 6, 1989
Davenport v. C.I.R., 869 F.2d 1489, 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 1030 (6th Cir., 1989)
Ronald W. Davenport, pro se.
Peter W. Ritterman, for the respondent.

SCOTT

MEMORANDUM OPINION

SCOTT, Judge: This case was assigned to Special Trial Judge Lee M. Galloway pursuant to section 7443A(b)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and Rule 180 et seq. 1 The Court agrees with and adopts the opinion of the Special*433 Trial Judge, which is set forth below.

OPINION OF THE SPECIAL TRIAL JUDGE

GALLOWAY, Special Trial Judge: Before the Court for disposition are respondent's two consolidated motions to dismiss for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, filed pursuant to Rule 40 on May 26, 1988 and February 10, 1989, with respect to the 1985 and 1986 tax years. Respondent also requested an award of damages under section 6673. In both cases, petitioner filed a notice of objection.

Respondent mailed notices of deficiency to petitioner on January 28, 1988, and September 30, 1988, with respect to the years 1985 and 1986. Petitioner was a resident of Mt. Clemens, Michigan, when he filed his petitions with this Court.

In the notices of deficiency, respondent determined deficiencies in petitioner's Federal income tax and additions to tax in the following amounts:

Additions To Tax, Secs.
YearDeficiency6651(a)(1)6653(a)(1)6653(a)(2)6654(a)6661(a)
1985$ 10,645.00$ 1,978.00$ 532.25(1)$ 414.24$ 2,661.25
1986$ 17,371.00$ 4,326.25$ 868.55(1)$ 836.00$ 4,342.75

*434 (1) 50 percent of the interest payable under section 6601 with respect to the portion of the underpayment attributable to negligence or intentional disregard of rules and regulations.

Respondent's determinations were based on the following adjustments: (1) Petitioner's failure to report on timely filed tax returns the following items of gross income:

Wages ReceivedOther CompensationWages Received
FromReceived FromFrom Mt. ClemensInterest
YearFord Motor Co.Ford Motor Co.CoatingIncome
1985$ 38,778.00$ 19.00$ 48.00
198637,484.0035.00$ 17,206.0066.00

(2) The remaining adjustments involve respondent's determinations of the additions to tax set forth above.

Petitioner has previously filed two petitions in this Court challenging respondent's determination of the same issues before us for consideration in this proceeding, i.e., unreported wages and other income and additions to tax. In orders of dismissal and decisions entered on March 17, 1988, with respect to the years 1981, 1982 and 1983 (docket No. 13914-87), and the year 1984 (docket No.

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