- 25 - Item Petitioner Mr. Capehart Total Taxable income $14,204 $37,967 $52,171 Erroneous items (14,204) (28,361) (42,565) Taxable income on -0- 9,606 9,606 Tax on return 1,444 1,444 Tax deficiency 2,745 5,480 8,225 Total tax liability 2,745 6,924 9,669 Withholding (2,164) (4,968) (7,132) Unpaid tax 581 1,956 2,537 Treating the withholding tax paid in excess of the liability as a tax collected without assessment for purposes of section 6662, the underpayment of tax is allocated between petitioner and Mr. Capehart as follows: Item Petitioner Mr. Capehart Total Tax imposed $2,745 $6,924 $9,669 Tax on return -0- (1,444) (1,444) Tax collected without assessment (2,164) (3,524) (5,688) Underpayment 581 1,956 2,537 We reach the same result by applying respondent’s method of computing the underpayment without allocating any portion of the $1,444 of tax reported on the return to petitioner, shown as follows: Petitioner’s withholding $2,164 Petitioner’s allocable share of the $1,444 liability report on the return -0- Petitioner’s frozen refund credit 2,164 Petitioner’s share of deficiency 2,745 Petitioner’s frozen refund credit (2,164) Petitioner’s underpayment upon which the accuracy-related penalty applies 581Page: Previous 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Next
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