Color Arts, Inc., John P. Csepella, A Person Other Than The Tax Matters Person - Page 2




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          stipulation of fact, stipulation of settled issue and remaining             
          issue, and the accompanying exhibits are incorporated herein by             
          this reference.                                                             
               This case arises from a Notice of Final S Corporation                  
          Administrative Adjustment (FSAA) issued by respondent adjusting             
          Color Arts, Inc.’s (Color Arts) Federal income tax return for its           
          taxable year ending December 31, 1996 (1996 return).  Respondent            
          concluded, and petitioner has now conceded, inter alia, that a              
          $245,000 deduction for accrued vacation pay claimed on Color                
          Arts’s 1996 return was not allowable.2  The sole issue for                  
          decision is whether Color Arts’s method of accounting for                   
          vacation pay has been changed so as to require an adjustment                
          pursuant to section 481(a).                                                 
          Background                                                                  
               During the period at issue, Color Arts was an S corporation            
          within the meaning of the Code.  Color Arts filed Form 1120S,               
          U.S. Income Tax Return for an S Corporation, for its tax year               
          ended December 31, 1996.  Color Arts’s overall method of                    
          accounting was the accrual method.                                          
               At the time the FSAA was issued and the petition was filed,            
          Color Arts’s principal place of business was located in Racine,             
          Wisconsin.                                                                  


               2The FSAA contained another adjustment, but that issue was             
          resolved by the parties.                                                    





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