- 3 - Petitioner allegedly informed Mr. Champion he did not owe any material amount of tax to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for the years at issue because he believed that he had sustained over $8 million of business losses in earlier years that carried forward to the years in question. Petitioner expected Mr. Champion to communicate with him regularly, inform him of any developments in his case, and obtain his consent to any agreement that would bind him to any tax liability. On January 14, 2003, Mr. Champion executed on petitioner’s behalf a Form 4549, Income Tax Examination Changes, consenting to the immediate assessment and collection of the following additional taxes, fraud penalties under section 6651(a)(1) and (f), and interest computed to February 8, 2003, for 1995 and 1996: Year Tax Penalty Interest 1995 $182,167 $136,625.25 $229,530.82 1996 114,958 86,218.50 115,781.70 On January 14, 2003, Mr. Champion executed on petitioner’s and Ms. Baird’s behalf a Form 4549 consenting to the immediate assessment and collection of the following additional tax, fraud penalty under section 6663(a), and interest computed to February 8, 2003, for 1997: Year Tax Penalty Interest 1997 $252,079 $84,059.85 $148,078.32Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Next
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