Miravalle v. Commissioner

1994 T.C. Memo. 49, 67 T.C.M. 2127, 1994 Tax Ct. Memo LEXIS 54
CourtUnited States Tax Court
DecidedFebruary 9, 1994
DocketDocket No. 9870-91
StatusUnpublished

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Miravalle v. Commissioner, 1994 T.C. Memo. 49, 67 T.C.M. 2127, 1994 Tax Ct. Memo LEXIS 54 (tax 1994).

Opinion

DONALD J. MIRAVALLE AND LILLIAN JOY MIRAVALLE, Petitioners v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
Miravalle v. Commissioner
Docket No. 9870-91
United States Tax Court
T.C. Memo 1994-49; 1994 Tax Ct. Memo LEXIS 54; 67 T.C.M. (CCH) 2127; T.C.M. (RIA) 94049;
February 9, 1994, Filed
*54 Donald J. Miravalle and Lillian Joy Miravalle, pro se.
For Respondent: Howard P. Levine.
GERBER

GERBER

MEMORANDUM OPINION

GERBER, Judge: Respondent moved for summary judgment under Rule 121. 1 By Order, dated October 20, 1993, petitioners were required to respond to respondent's motion for summary judgment, but they failed to respond. Respondent, by the summary judgment motion, seeks to establish the income tax deficiencies and additions to tax and obviate the need for a trial. With respect to the additions to tax under section 6653(b), 2 respondent contends that her burden of proof can be carried by means of collateral estoppel and deemed admitted facts.

Respondent determined Federal income tax deficiencies and additions to tax for petitioners' 1984 through 1986 taxable years as follows:

Additions to Tax
Sec.Sec.Sec.Sec.Sec.
YearDefic6653(b)(1)6653(b)(2)6653(b)(1)(A)66536661
iency(b)(1)(B)
1984$ 68,155$ 34,078$ 27,824.33----$ 17,039
1985106,95253,47633,434.16----26,738
1986123,832----$ 92,874$ 29,859.9530,958

*55 By order dated May 15, 1992, this Court previously granted respondent's motion for partial summary judgment and petitioners were collaterally estopped from denying fraud in all 3 taxable years because of their being convicted on December 14, 1990, of willfully attempting to evade tax.

Respondent, on January 4, 1993, filed a Motion to Show Cause pursuant to Rule 91(f) as to why the facts and evidence recited in respondent's proposed stipulation of facts attached to respondent's motion should not be accepted a established. On February 16, 1993, petitioners filed a response to this Court's order to show cause, and on March 26, 1993, respondent filed a response to petitioners' response. After due consideration, this Court ordered on March 31, 1993, that the facts and evidence set forth in respondent's proposed stipulation of facts were deemed established for purposes of this case. Respondent contends that these facts establish a fraudulent understatement of tax in each year and the full amount of the income tax deficiencies determined in the notice of deficiency.

Facts Deemed Admitted -- At the time the petition was filed in this case, petitioners were incarcerated in Federal*56 Correctional Institutions in Springfield, Missouri (Donald J. Miravalle, hereinafter Donald), and Lexington, Kentucky (Lillian Joy Miravalle, hereinafter Lillian).

During the years in issue, petitioners' primary business consisted of the manufacture and sale of marine air-conditioners. Petitioners filed joint tax returns for 1984, 1985, and 1986, wherein petitioners reported on Schedule C (Profit or (Loss) from Business or Profession) the income and expenses from their business.

Petitioners maintained at least 10 bank accounts for use with their business activities, some of which were opened using fictitious names and Social Security numbers in an attempt to avoid paying tax on the income deposited in those accounts.

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