- 3 - Petitioners’ legal residence at the time the petition was filed was Glendora, California. Michael Gregorian (petitioner) was an employee of Royal Coach, Inc. of Pasadena, California, during the year at issue. Petitioner did auto body repair work for his employer. He earned wages of $99,018.43 during 2001, which he reported as income on his joint Federal income tax return. Additionally, petitioner was also engaged during 2001 in a self-employed trade or business activity doing the same kind of work, most of which came from car dealers. The name of that activity was Gregorian’s Automotive. As to that activity, for Federal income tax purposes, petitioners reported the income and expenses on Schedule C, Profit or Loss From Business, of their Federal income tax return. On their joint Federal income tax return for 2001, petitioners reported the following income and expenses: Wage and salary income $99,018 Taxable refunds and credits 141 Schedule C loss (11,434) Total adjusted gross income $87,725 Schedule A, Itemized Deductions (64,462) Income (Prior to dependency $23,263 exemptions and credits) On that return, petitioners claimed the following Schedule A itemized deductions:Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Next
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