- 2 - satisfy the burden of proof under Rule 142(a)1 that respondent has with respect to the increased deficiency in Federal income tax (tax) alleged in respondent’s amendment to answer. Background The record establishes and/or the parties do not dispute the following: At the time petitioner filed the petition, petitioner’s mailing address was in Tryon, North Carolina. During 1998, Spartanburg Regional Medical Center (Spartanburg Medical Center) employed petitioner and paid her $16,679.62 in wages. During that year, Spartanburg Medical Center deposited all of petitioner’s wages directly into her bank account, except for $99.16 that it paid petitioner by check. Spartanburg Medical Center reported the wages that it paid petitioner during 1998 in Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement (Form W-2).2 In the notice of deficiency (notice) issued to petitioner for her taxable year 1998, respondent determined a deficiency in petitioner’s tax of $911 attributable to a State tax refund and certain nonemployee compensation that she received during that 1All Rule references are to the Tax Court Rules of Practice and Procedure. All section references are to the Internal Revenue Code in effect at all relevant times. 2As reflected in Form W-2, during 1998 Spartanburg Medical Center withheld $1,459.54 in tax from petitioner’s wages.Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Next
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