- 3 - Petitioner filed an income tax return for 1987 on August 16, 1994, in which he reported zero income and a zero tax liability. On the signature line of the return, above his signature, there appear the words "Under Protest" with an asterisk referencing a footnote: "See attached statement of Randal W. Howard." Attached to the return is a Form 1099-MISC issued by Family Life Broadcasting System, as payer, and Randal W. Howard, as recipient, of $16,799.90 for "nonemployee compensation". The return also includes a Schedule D, Capital Gains and Losses, in which petitioner identified the $16,799.90 as an amount received for his "labor", and as to which petitioner claimed a cost or basis of $16,799.90 and zero capital gain. The footnoted statement referred to on petitioner's tax return consists of five typewritten pages wherein petitioner disclaims any liability for Federal income taxes. On the same date, petitioner filed a 1988 income tax return that included a Form 1099-MISC from the same payer for nonemployee compensation of $19,938.51. That document contains the same references and attached statements as the 1987 return. In the written statement attached to petitioner's returns, as well as in his petition, petitioner alleges classic protester arguments such as: He was born "without" the United States in Passaic County, New Jersey; he is not a citizen or resident of the United States or the State of Arizona, even though hisPage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 Next
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