Gleason v. Comm'r

2011 T.C. Memo. 154, 101 T.C.M. 1743, 2011 Tax Ct. Memo LEXIS 151
CourtUnited States Tax Court
DecidedJune 29, 2011
DocketDocket Nos. 980-09, 1043-09.
StatusUnpublished
Cited by23 cases

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Gleason v. Comm'r, 2011 T.C. Memo. 154, 101 T.C.M. 1743, 2011 Tax Ct. Memo LEXIS 151 (tax 2011).

Opinion

RICHARD H. GLEASON, Petitioner v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent; LORI A. GLEASON, Petitioner v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
Gleason v. Comm'r
Docket Nos. 980-09, 1043-09.
United States Tax Court
T.C. Memo 2011-154; 2011 Tax Ct. Memo LEXIS 151; 101 T.C.M. (CCH) 1743;
June 29, 2011, Filed
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Decisions will be entered under Rule 155.

R determined deficiencies in income tax and additions to tax under secs. 6651(a)(1), (2), and (3) and 6654(a), I.R.C., for Ps' 2001, 2002, and 2003 tax years that were based on R's determination that Ps failed to report taxable income. Ps argue that they did not receive the taxable income as determined by R. P-W further argues that to the extent there was unreported taxable income, it was P-H's sole and separate property, not community property.

Held: Ps received taxable income in 2001, 2002, and 2003 which they failed to report. The unreported taxable income is community property, not P-H's sole and separate property.

Held, further, Ps are subject to the additions to tax to the extent redetermined herein.

Richard H. Gleason and Lori A. Gleason, Pro se.
Kimberly A. Santos and Kathryn A. Meyer, for respondent.
WHERRY, Judge.

WHERRY
MEMORANDUM FINDINGS OF FACT AND OPINION

WHERRY, Judge: These consolidated cases are before the Court on petitions for redetermination of deficiencies and additions to tax determined by respondent for petitioners' 2001, 2002, and 2003 tax years. After concessions by the parties, 1*152 the issues for decision are:

(1) Whether respondent is barred from assessing income tax deficiencies against petitioner Richard Gleason for his 2002 and 2003 tax years;

(2) whether petitioners received unreported taxable income during their 2001, 2002, and 2003 tax years;

(3) if petitioners received unreported taxable income during their 2001, 2002, and 2003 tax years, whether this income was Mr. Gleason's *153 sole and separate property or community property;

(4) whether petitioners are liable for additions to tax under section 6651(a)(1) for failure to file their 2001, 2002, and 2003 tax returns; 2

(5) whether Mr. Gleason is liable for additions to tax under section 6651(a)(2) for failure to pay his 2001, 2002, and 2003 taxes;

(6) whether Mrs. Gleason is liable for additions to tax under either section 6651(a)(2) or (3) for failure to pay her 2001, 2002, and 2003 taxes;

(7) whether Mr. Gleason is liable for additions to tax under section 6654(a) for failure to make estimated tax payments for his 2001, 2002, and 2003 tax years; and

(8) whether Mrs. Gleason is liable for additions to tax under section 6654(a) for failure to make estimated tax payments for her 2001 and 2003 tax years.

FINDINGS OF FACT

Some of the facts have been stipulated. The stipulations of the parties, with accompanying exhibits, are incorporated herein by this reference. Mr. and Mrs. Gleason were married in 1975 and since then have resided *154 at all times in California, a community property State.

1. Gleason Supply

The major issues in this case stem from petitioners' business, Gleason Supply, and Mrs. Gleason's involvement in Gleason Supply. In 1983 Mr. Gleason applied to be a Mac Tools, Inc. (Mac Tools) distributor. Mac Tools distributors buy tools from Mac Tools at a wholesale distributor rate and then have the exclusive right to sell the tools to third-party retailers located in a designated distributorship territory. Mac Tools establishes suggested retail prices for its tools, and on the basis of these suggested retail prices, distributors make an average profit margin of 37 percent.

Mac Tools requires distributors to meet minimum purchase amounts each month or risk termination of their distributorship contract.

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