- 5 - affiliation or veteran status or any other forms of discrimination or claims growing out of * * * [AT&T’s] termination of its employees. With respect to any charges that have been or may be filed concerning events or actions relating to my employment or the termination of my employment and which occurred on or before the date of this * * * [release/waiver], I additionally waive and release any right I may have to recover in any lawsuit or proceeding brought by me, an administrative agency, or any other person on my behalf or which includes me in any class. As the parties have stipulated, before the relevant documents/releases/waivers were signed by him, petitioner “had not made any claim against AT&T arising out of his employment”, he “had not threatened, nor brought to the attention of AT&T, the possibility of a claim against AT&T arising out of his employment”, and he “was not aware of any emotional or physical harms that he * * * [might] have suffered that were directly or indirectly caused by his employment with AT&T”. The lump-sum payment and the periodic payments that petitioner received in 1995 were included in the wages reported on a Form W-2 issued to petitioner by AT&T for that year. On his 1995 Federal income tax return, petitioner reported the periodic payments received in 1995, but did not report the lump-sum payment. In the notice of deficiency, respondent determined that the lump-sum payment must be included in petitioner’s 1995 income.Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Next
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