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money. We don’t keep receipts of every little things [sic] we
buy, for buying food or buying clothes, or anything, or even, you
know, we just give money, we forget about it.” Petitioner began
providing financial support for Peter Wuol’s children when he
obtained a job at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs,
Colorado, which paid him approximately $16,000 per year.
Petitioner testified that he gave Peter Wuol approximately
$1,3387 to help Peter Wuol raise his children. This amount
represented a partial refund from petitioner’s 2003 Federal tax
return. At trial, petitioner acknowledged that the refund check
was received in January 2004 and that he gave the check directly
to the Wuol family.
Petitioner contends that during 2003 he thought he gave more
than $2,000 in “food and other things” and that he provided
approximately $1,000 in cash to Peter Wuol’s family for buying
food, paying for the phone bill, or for “anything”. Peter Wuol
confirmed that petitioner bought gifts for the children in the
form of shoes and clothes, as well as taking them to restaurants
for meals. Other than his and Peter Wuol’s testimony and the
receipts, discussed below, petitioner did not present any
7 Petitioner’s 2003 Federal tax return showed a refund due
of $5,105. The earned income credit in the amount of $3,584 was
withheld pending an inquiry on petitioner’s return. Petitioner
was refunded $1,521, representing the sum of $901 for withholding
credits and $620 for the additional child tax credit. Of that
amount, H&R Block, petitioner’s tax preparer, was paid a fee in
the approximate amount of $200.
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