- 13 - financial services for a set fee. The partnerships paid petitioner in accordance with the agreements. The partnerships deducted the fees on their income tax returns as the cost of services provided by petitioner. From 1981 through 1990, John Meeks (Meeks), a certified accountant, assisted in the preparation of petitioner's individual income tax returns and Forms 1065 for most of the partnerships. Petitioner gave Meeks photocopies of returns which were completed in pencil. Meeks reviewed the photocopies for mathematical errors and forwarded them to petitioner. Petitioner typed the corrected information on the returns and Meeks reviewed this information before petitioner mailed the returns to the IRS. Meeks did not ask petitioner for documentation verifying the amounts reflected on any of petitioner's returns. The record reflects that petitioner received the following amounts from partnerships which he controlled: 1982Page: Previous 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Next
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