Rogelio R. Balot and Zenaida V. Balot - Page 14




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               $16,798 adjustment for Unreported Income--Casino.                      
               Respondent did not make a corresponding subtraction of the             
               1991 $9,880 adjustment for Unreported Income--Casino in                
               arriving at the 1991 Other Unreported Income.  Neither side            
               has sought to explain, justify, or attack this substantial             
               difference between the 1991 and 1992 procedures.  We leave             
               the parties as we find them on this matter.  See, e.g.,                
               Thomas v. Commissioner, 92 T.C. 206, 232 (1989), and cases             
               there cited.                                                           
           6 This amount includes the $90 by which petitioners overstated             
               their Forms W-2 income on their 1993 tax return.  See infra            
               table 3, note 2.                                                       
          7 This amount is $600 less than the amount of the 1993 $10,618              
               notice of deficiency adjustment for Other Unreported Income.           
               On brief, respondent asks us to find that the correct amount           
               of this adjustment is $10,010, which is $608 less than the             
               notice of deficiency adjustment.  It may be that this                  
               discrepancy is what led to respondent’s concession (see                
               supra note 2) in the answer that the deficiency is $168 less           
               than the amount determined in the notice of deficiency, and            
               that the negligence addition to tax is $34 less than the               
               amount determined in the notice of deficiency.  Also, there            
               is a $1 difference between the $10,018 “excess deposits” and           
               the sum of the amounts in the 1993 column; we assume that              
               this difference arises from rounding the amounts to the                
               nearest dollar.  The parties are directed to resolve this              
               matter in the computation under Rule 155.                              
          F. Tax Returns                                                              
               On their tax returns for the years in issue, petitioners               
          reported income and total tax as shown in table 3.                          
                                       Table 3                                        
                    Item                  1991       1992          1993               
          l.7--Wages, etc. (Form W-2) $57,945      1$62,339          2$71,237         
          l.8--Interest                 129         675           218                 
          l.9--Dividends                     18   --             9                    
          l.10--Taxable refunds    --      -- 136                                     
          l.13--Capital gain or (loss)    --        (3,000)                 314       
          l.17--Pensions and annuities  16,413    16,576        17,281                
          l.18--Rents, etc.             (5,081)    (3,899)        (6,122)             
          l.23--Total income             69,424      72,691        82,773             
          l.53--Total tax               7,333     7,362          9,224                




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