- 7 - Petitioner and Ms. Ferrando-Teymourian jointly filed a Federal individual income tax return for 2000, reporting $797,682 of adjusted gross income and $637,805 of taxable income. They did not report the disbursements made by Caspian as income, nor did they report rental income. During the years in issue, Caspian made no formal declaration or payment of a dividend. Petitioner and Caspian did not execute formal loan instruments with respect to the amounts disbursed to or paid on behalf of petitioner. In the fall of 2001, respondent’s examining agent, Roseann Kacheris (Ms. Kacheris), began investigating Caspian’s corporate tax returns for 1999 and 2000. During the course of her investigation, she also examined petitioner’s individual income tax returns for the years in issue. On July 24, 2003, respondent issued petitioner a notice of deficiency for 1999 and 2000. In the notice, respondent made the following increases to petitioner’s taxable income: 1999 Type of Adjustment Amount of Increase Capital gain $137,880 Itemized deductions 24,149 Exemptions 5,155 Rental income 19,800 Dividends 647,290 ____________________________________________ Total Adjustments for 1999: $834,274Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Next
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