Marcos Eliseo and Teodora C. Escobar De Paz, et al. - Page 2




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                                 MEMORANDUM OPINION                                   
               NAMEROFF, Special Trial Judge:  Respondent determined that             
          petitioners in these consolidated cases are liable for                      
          deficiencies in Federal income tax as follows:                              
                    Docket No.          Year           Amount                         
                    19401-98            1996      $22,389                             
                    2358-99             1995      2,679                               
                    2743-99             1996      3,659                               
          Respondent also determined that petitioners in docket Nos.                  
          19401-98 and 2743-99 were liable for the accuracy-related penalty           
          under section 6662(a)2 but has now conceded that issue.  After              
          other concessions which will be detailed hereinafter, the issue             
          to be resolved in these consolidated cases is whether part of the           
          income earned by petitioner husbands from their trucking activity           
          can be allocated to a leasing activity.  If we hold for                     
          petitioners on this issue, we must then decide whether                      
          petitioners’ method of allocation or some other method is                   
          correct.                                                                    
               Some of the facts have been stipulated and are so found.               
          The several stipulations of fact and attached exhibits are                  
          incorporated herein by reference.  At the time of the filing of             
          the petitions herein, all petitioners resided in the State of               
          California.                                                                 



          2  Unless otherwise indicated, section references are to the                
          Internal Revenue Code in effect for the years at issue.                     




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