Paul Mifsud and Maria G. Mifsud - Page 15




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          $62,804, respectively, were reported as "Cost of labor".                    
               During the period 1982 through 1993, interest rates under              
          section 6621 ranged as follows from a high of 20 percent in 1982            
          to a low of 7 percent in 1993:  Interest rates under section 6621           
          were 20 percent in 1982, 10 percent in 1986, 8 percent in 1987,             
          10 percent in 1990, 9 percent in 1991, 8 percent in 1992, and 7             
          percent in 1993.                                                            
               In 1992, the collection division of the Internal Revenue               
          Service (IRS) issued a summons because the IRS did not have a               
          record that Paul & Joe, Inc., had filed a Form 1120S for any of             
          the years 1985 through 1991.  When the IRS received no response             
          to the summons, the matter was referred to the examination                  
          division of the IRS and assigned to William Joseph Slater (Mr.              
          Slater), a revenue agent in that division.  Around October 1994,            
          Mr. Slater wrote a letter to petitioners in which he indicated              
          that the IRS had no record of having received Forms 1120S for               
          Paul & Joe, Inc., and requested that they contact Mr. Slater to             
          discuss the matter.  Because petitioners did not respond to Mr.             
          Slater's letter, Mr. Slater contacted the individual who was                
          shown in petitioners' returns as their return preparer in order             
          to obtain an explanation regarding the failure of Paul & Joe,               
          Inc., to file Forms 1120S.  Shortly thereafter, Mr. Slater                  
          received Forms 1120S for Paul & Joe, Inc., for 1991, 1992, and              
          1993, which were signed by Mr. Mifsud and petitioners' return               





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