- 7 - tax returns for the years in issue: 1989 1990 1991 Gross receipts $70,154 $54,681 $65,582 Cost of goods sold Purchases/food supplies $21,046 $13,670 $11,640 Cost of labor 5,886 19,534 20,000 Total 26,932 33,204 31,640 Expenses Officer compensation $13,925 $6,000 $6,000 Rent 2,806 4,800 1,250 Taxes 8,478 9,755 9,163 Interest 90 --- --- Depreciation 9,749 8,307 9,319 Legal 1,500 2,000 1,100 Accounting 600 1,000 800 Vehicle expense 3,825 3,900 4,125 Maintenance 150 500 1,276 Equipment 125 1,000 700 Miscellaneous 75 350 450 Phone --- 1,000 800 Bank charges --- --- 75 Subscriptions --- --- 110 Insurance --- --- 980 Total 41,323 38,612 36,148 Ordinary income (loss) 1,899 (17,135) (2,206) Clarence F. Lauth, a relative of Mrs. McGirl, prepared the corporate tax returns for the years 1987 through 1991 for compensation. Mr. McGirl provided the information used by Mr. Lauth to prepare the corporate tax returns. This information was in the form of a single sheet of paper containing summary figures of income and expenses (the summary sheet) and a payroll summary; no breakdown showing how the figures were computed was provided to Mr. Lauth. Although he told Mr. Lauth that his figures were accurate, Mr. McGirl simply wrote numbers on the summary sheetPage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Next
Last modified: May 25, 2011