- 4 - (i) In an effort to avoid detection of the skimmed cash receipts, petitioner purchased a large amount of his supplies with cash and only reported a portion of his cost of goods sold during 1987 and 1988. (j) Petitioner fraudulently and with intent to evade taxes, falsely informed his return preparer in 1987 and 1988 that all gross receipts and cost of goods sold were reported on the original income tax returns, and that he had no additional income or expenses for those years. (k) Petitioner Adel Abdalla's fraudulent understatements of his gross receipts and cost of goods sold on his income tax returns for 1987 and 1988 is part of a two year pattern of intent to evade taxes. (l) The petitioner fraudulently, and with intent to evade taxes, omitted from his income tax returns for the taxable years 1987 and 1988, substantial amounts of gross receipts from his schedule C restaurant business, in the amounts of $536,778.18 and $569,632.90, respectively. (m) The petitioner fraudulently, and with intent to evade taxes, omitted from his income tax returns for 1987 and 1988, substantial amounts of cost of goods sold from his schedule C restaurant business, in the amounts of $352,534.64 and $382,706.67, respectively. (n) A part of each deficiency in income tax for the taxable years 1987 and 1988, is due to fraud with intent to evade taxes. Petitioner filed a reply on May 17, 1995, wherein he denied generally portions of respondent's answer relating to petitioner's alleged fraudulent conduct. By notice dated July 7, 1995, the Court set this case for trial at the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, trial session beginning on December 11, 1995. This notice specifically stated that "YOUR FAILURE TO APPEAR MAY RESULT IN DISMISSAL OF THE CASE AND ENTRY OF DECISION AGAINST YOU."Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Next
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