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B. Respondent’s Assessment of Tax for 1983 and 1984 Relating to
Robotics, and Petitioner’s Payment of Tax and Letters to
Respondent Relating to Those Taxes
On July 24, 1995, respondent assessed tax of $7,565 and
interest of $15,126.16 for 1983, and tax of $1,996 and interest
of $3,337.78 for 1984.
On a date not stated in the record, but before July 31,
1995, petitioner received notices of amounts due of $22,691.16
for 1983 and $5,333.78 for 1984. On July 31, 1995, petitioner
sent a letter to respondent’s Appeals officer which reads as
follows:
Thank you for being available to take my phone
call earlier today and for your quick recall of my late
husband, Norman Goldin, as well as that albatross:
ROBOTICS Development Association.
As I informed you, Norman died suddenly in
September of 1992 and his death is something I have
still not recovered from. I knew about Robotics only
from his brief characterizations of the problems it was
causing and of his similarly brief descriptions of
conversations and correspondence with you and others at
the IRS. It had clearly turned into a nightmare while
he was alive; but I was comforted by the fact that he
was handling it, had it under control and had
apparently, prior to his death, come to a final
settlement with the IRS on all the complex and
convoluted issues involved.
That belief was further reinforced by papers I
received following his passing which indicated that a
“O corrected” balance existed. I believe I received
these notices in March of 1993, just six months after
Norman’s death and literally just days after my Mother
died, also in March of 1993. Of small comfort, but
comfort nonetheless in the midst of all these
tragedies, was the knowledge that at least I didn’t
have to deal with Robotics; that Norman had handled it,
as he had handled so much else, while he was alive.
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