-2- tax liability.1 Respondent currently moves the Court for summary judgment and to impose a penalty under section 6673. Respondent attached to his motion the declaration of his counsel, Wendy S. Harris, and 11 exhibits. Petitioner filed with the Court a response (response) to respondent’s motion and attached to the response one exhibit. The response states that petitioner disputes as a factual matter that he has a deficiency for 1999 and references the attached exhibit, a 1999 Form 1040, U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, that petitioner recently prepared to support his claim in the response that he overpaid his 1999 Federal income tax. Respondent previously issued to petitioner a notice of deficiency for 1999. Petitioner did not petition this Court with respect to that notice, and he does not in the response dispute that he had an opportunity to challenge his 1999 liability before commencing the section 6330 proceeding as to that year. The response also sets forth numerous assertions concerning our Federal income tax system. Those assertions include petitioner’s claim that he is not a taxpayer and does not have any income that may be taxed; that respondent is not authorized to determine a deficiency; that petitioner is not a taxpayer and, thus, does not have a “deficiency” within the meaning of that word; that respondent is 1 Section references are to the applicable versions of the Internal Revenue Code. Rule references are to the Tax Court Rules of Practice and Procedure.Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Next
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