Donald J. and Lillian Joy Miravalle - Page 11

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                                        1982                  1983                    
          Schedule C Receipts         $86,559               $224,331                  
          Schedule C Expenses         (50,783)              (62,708)                  
          Interest Income              610                  2,927                     
          Personal Exemption          (1,000)               (1,000)                   

          Total Adjustments           $35,386               $163,550                  
          Self-employment Tax          3,029                 3,338                    


               In determining petitioners' Schedule C receipts, respondent            
          allowed for nontaxable transfers in the amounts of $15,600 and              
          $102,500 for 1982 and 1983, respectively, and other miscellaneous           
          nontaxable items.  When determining 1983 expenses, respondent               
          analyzed items paid from the Park Bank account only and failed to           
          consider any items paid from the Indian Rocks account.                      
          Respondent attributed 100 percent of the income and expenses as             
          listed above to each petitioner, and treated each as married,               
          filing separately.  On March 23, 1994, respondent issued two                
          notices of deficiency for the years at issue, one to each                   
          petitioner.                                                                 
          Discussion                                                                  
               Schedule C Gross Receipts and Expenses                                 
               Bank deposits are prima facie evidence of income.  DiLeo v.            
          Commissioner, 96 T.C. 858, 868 (1991), affd. 959 F.2d 16 (2d Cir.           
          1992) and cases cited therein.  When using the bank deposits                
          method of reconstructing income, respondent must take into                  
          account any nontaxable source of income and deductible expense of           
          which respondent has knowledge.  Id.  In respect of the                     




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