Gammon v. Commissioner

1996 T.C. Memo. 4, 71 T.C.M. 1683, 1996 Tax Ct. Memo LEXIS 4
CourtUnited States Tax Court
DecidedJanuary 11, 1996
DocketDocket No. 15553-95
StatusUnpublished
Cited by1 cases

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Gammon v. Commissioner, 1996 T.C. Memo. 4, 71 T.C.M. 1683, 1996 Tax Ct. Memo LEXIS 4 (tax 1996).

Opinion

BRENDA J. GAMMON, Petitioner v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
Gammon v. Commissioner
Docket No. 15553-95
United States Tax Court
T.C. Memo 1996-4; 1996 Tax Ct. Memo LEXIS 4; 71 T.C.M. (CCH) 1683;
January 11, 1996, Filed

*4 An order of dismissal and decision will be entered.

Brenda J. Gammon, pro se.
Stuart Spielman and Michael R. McMahon, for respondent.
ARMEN, Special Trial Judge

ARMEN

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ARMEN, Special Trial Judge: This case was heard pursuant to the provisions of section 7443A(b)(3) and Rules 180, 181, and 182. 1

This case is before the Court on respondent's Motion To Dismiss For Failure To State A Claim Upon Which Relief Can Be Granted, and the Amendment thereto, filed pursuant to Rule 40.

Petitioner resided in Lacey, Washington, at the time the petition was filed in this case.

Respondent's Notice of Deficiency

Respondent issued a notice of deficiency to petitioner dated May 15, 1995. In said notice, respondent determined a deficiency in petitioner's Federal income tax for the taxable year 1992 in *5 the amount of $ 1,204 and an addition to tax under section 6651(a)(1) for failure to timely file in the amount of $ 291.50. 2

The deficiency in income tax is based on respondent's determination that petitioner failed to report wage and allocated tip income from various payors as reflected in the following schedule:

IncomePayorAmount
WagesManpower Int'l Inc.$ 75
WagesSouth Sound Red Robin Inc.53
WagesKokua, Inc.1,386
WagesShari's Management Corp.87
WagesHawks Prairie Inn Corp.2,774
Tips"1,125
WagesEvergreen Ballroom106
Restaurant
WagesTNT, Inc.4,662
Tips" "3,556
WagesDenny's Restaurants58
Tips" "49

The addition to tax under section 6651(a)(1) is based on respondent's determination that petitioner's*6 failure to timely file an income tax return for the taxable year in issue was not due to reasonable cause.

Petitioner's Petition

Petitioner filed her petition on August 14, 1995. The crux of petitioner's position is that wages are not income, apparently because of the provisions of section 83 and the notion that a person's labor is property in which the person has a basis equal to its fair market value. Thus, the petition includes the following allegations:

8. Until a compleat [sic] and concise explanation of why intangible property is not a cost when it is disposed of to obtain other property and tangible property IS, 26 CFR 1.83-3(g) must be held to protect sums received under contract for the purchase of services from inclusion in gross income. After all, § 61(a) applies only to "gross income" ("Gross Income Defined") and does not apply to compensation which may be "excluded by law" (See 1.61-1, -2). Cost is always excluded.

9. Until these arguments can be statutorily disposed of, Petitioner contends that the FMV of services can be included in gross income only by violating § 1001 and, 26 CFR 1.1001-1(a).

Petitioner attached several documents to her*7 petition composed of over 100 pages of typewritten materials expanding on the arguments set forth above.

Respondent's Rule 40 Motion and Subsequent Developments

As indicated, respondent filed a Motion To Dismiss For Failure To State A Claim Upon Which Relief Can Be Granted, and the Amendment thereo.

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