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Ms. Levin acknowledged that she was aware of and signed
documents relating to the Schulman partnerships. She reduced the
withholding tax on her wages when Mr. Levin told her that the
deductions would reduce the amounts owed to the Government. She
also knew that Mr. Levin had, on some occasions, signed tax
documents on her behalf, although she denied authorizing him to
do so. On direct examination by her counsel, Ms. Levin testified
that petitioners had many arguments about Mr. Levin's signing tax
documents on her behalf. Specific questions and answers during
her testimony included the following:
Q [by respondent's counsel] You signed your
married filing joint tax returns in 1979 and 1980?
A I don't know. I -- sometimes I was given them
to sign. Sometimes I was not. They were already sent
in.
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Q [by Ms. Levin's counsel] When did you first
hear that the IRS was examining your tax liability
regarding the Schulman Partnerships?
A * * * I first heard about it when Harris told
me that there was a problem. But I assumed that was
taken care of. And then there was a meeting at the
Hilton Hotel with all -- with a bunch of people who had
been involved in this and some attorney was coming
from, I believe, another state.
And he wanted to, I guess, sue Schulman for having
these illegal -- these -- this illegal tax, I guess it
was a scheme. I guess, and I wanted Harris to go with
me and he said, no, he wasn't going and --
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