- 18 - Miller v. Commissioner, 94 T.C. 316, 334 (1990). Additionally, the taxpayer’s background may be examined to establish fraud. Spies v. United States, 317 U.S. 492, 497 (1943); Niedringhaus v. Commissioner; supra at 211; Walters v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 1995-543. A consistent pattern of understating income may be strong evidence of fraud. Delvecchio v. Commissioner, supra (citing Holland v. United States, 348 U.S. 121, 137 (1954)); Camien v. Commissioner, 420 F.2d 283, 287 (8th Cir. 1970), affg. T.C. Memo. 1968-12; Williams v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 1992-153 (“petitioner has consistently and substantially understated his income, a fact that even, ‘standing alone, is persuasive evidence of fraudulent intent to evade taxes.’” (quoting Estate of Beck v. Commissioner, 56 T.C. 297, 364 (1971))), affd. 999 F.2d 760 (4th Cir. 1993). It has been held that discrepancies of 100 percent or more between the correct net income and the reported net income for 3 successive years provide strong evidence of fraudulent intent. Hargis v. Godwin, 221 F.2d 486, 490 (8th Cir. 1955); Rogers v. Commissioner, 111 F.2d 987, 989 (6th Cir. 1940); Adams v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 1979-305. Moreover, fraudulent understatement of income may be established by overstatement of Schedule C expenses. Drobny v. Commissioner, 86 T.C. 1326, 1349 (1986), affd. 113 F.3d 670 (7th Cir. 1997); Clark v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 1991-313.Page: Previous 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Next
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