Singleton v. Commissioner

1978 T.C. Memo. 255, 37 T.C.M. 1106, 1978 Tax Ct. Memo LEXIS 258
Procedural entryThis page is a short order in Singleton v. Commissioner. Read the opinion of the Court — 65 T.C. 1123
United States Tax Court·Decided July 11, 1978·No. Docket No. 9680-74.·Unpublished

Opinion

JOHN W. SINGLETON, a/k/a JOHN WESTLY, a/k/a JOHN SINKLER, Petitioner v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
Singleton v. Commissioner
Docket No. 9680-74.
United States Tax Court
T.C. Memo 1978-255; 1978 Tax Ct. Memo LEXIS 258; 37 T.C.M. (CCH) 1106; T.C.M. (RIA) 78255;
July 11, 1978, Filed
Laurence Goldfein,Ira Tilzer and Richard Levine, for the petitioner.
Michael K. Phalin, for the respondent.

GOFFE

MEMORANDUM OPINION

GOFFE, Judge: This matter is before us because of the parties' disagreement of computations pursuant to Rule 155, Tax Court Rules of Practice and Procedure. A brief history of the instant case will, from a chronological point of view, place the issues now before us in proper focus.

After this case was set for trial on the merits and after an evidentiary hearing was scheduled on whether petitioner's constitutional rights guaranteed under the Fourth and Fifth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution were violated, petitioner was indicted for income tax evasion for one of the four taxable years pending before us. Subsequent to petitioner's indictment,*259 an evidentiary hearing was held, the findings of fact and opinion of which are set forth in Singleton v. Commissioner,65 T.C. 1123 (1976), which was filed March 18, 1976. Respondent moved for a protective order under Rule 103(a)(1)(2) and (4) to suspend all further proceedings pending the final disposition of the criminal indictment. We denied respondent's motion. In addition, we held that the Commissioner's determination in his statutory notice of deficiency was not based upon constitutionally tainted evidence. We further held that the manner in which the special agents of the Commissioner conducted the initial interview of petitioner did not violate his rights guaranteed under the Fifth and Sixth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

A trial on the merits followed the evidentiary hearing wherein we decided that: (1) petitioner understated his taxable income for the years 1969, 1970, 1971 and 1972 in the respective amounts of $ 36,067.05, $ 18,565.60, $ 12,798.02 and $ 49,105.15; and (2) at least a part of the underpayment of income tax in each of the taxable years 1969, 1970, 1971 and 1972 was due to fraud on the part of petitioner. Our findings of fact and*260 opinion on the merits was filed April 5, 1977 in Singleton v. Commissioner,T.C. Memo 1977-98 and a decision is to be entered under Rule 155.

Following our opinion on the merits, respondent submitted his Rule 155 computation to which petitioner objects. The issues for our decision in the instant matter are: (1) whether respondent is entitled to credit money, seized pursuant to a jeopardy assessment, to interest which was not included in the jeopardy assessment, rather than to the unpaid assessed liabilities for tax and penalty which were assessed as a jeopardy assessment; and (2) whether respondent's computation credits petitioner's accounts with payments on the incorrect dates and thereby increases petitioner's liability for interest.

All of the facts relevant to the issues in the instant matter have been stipulated in a supplemental stipulation of facts. The supplemental stipulation of facts and attached exhibits are incorporated herein by this reference.

Respondent assessed the following deficiencies in tax and fraud penalties against petitioner on August 9, 1974, pursuant to section 6861, Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (jeopardy*261 assessment): 1

Additions to Tax
TaxableSec. 6653(b),
YearDeficiencyI.R.C. 1954Total

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