- 2 - motion. Background The record establishes and/or the parties do not dispute the following. Petitioner Melvin Ray Hassell (petitioner or Mr. Hassell) resided in Irving, Texas, at the time he filed the petition in this case. On November 23, 1981, February 7, 1983, February 27, 1984, March 25, 1985, and December 9, 1985, petitioner and Nelda Hassell (Ms. Hassell) jointly filed Form 1040, U.S. Individual Income Tax Return (Form 1040), for each of their taxable years 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, and 1984.2 Respondent issued a notice of deficiency to petitioner with respect to his taxable years 1980 through 1984. Petitioner filed a petition with the Court with respect to that notice. (We shall refer to the case at docket No. 19885-89 that petitioner com- menced when he filed the petition with respect to his taxable years 1980 through 1984 as petitioner’s Tax Court case.) On September 20, 1990, the Court entered a decision in petitioner’s Tax Court case. That decision provided: Pursuant to agreement of the parties in this case, it is 2This case involves only petitioner, and not Ms. Hassell. For convenience, hereinafter we shall sometimes refer only to petitioner or Mr. Hassell, and not to petitioner or Mr. Hassell and Ms. Hassell.Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Next
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