- 3 - from its payments to petitioner,2 and the State Board withheld $8. Petitioner did not file a 1998 Federal income tax return, and respondent prepared a substitute for return for petitioner pursuant to section 6020(b).3 Because petitioner did not elect to file a joint return with Rose Siron, respondent determined petitioner’s filing status to be married filing separate. Accordingly, respondent determined petitioner’s taxable income for 1998 to be $21,084.4 On April 2, 2004, respondent mailed a statutory notice of deficiency to petitioner. In response, petitioner timely filed a petition with this Court for a redetermination of the deficiency. The petition made the following contentions: “I do not have any tax liability. I deny the figures and content of the Notice of Deficiency. I dispute the computations. In the year in question, I had dependents, deductions, credits, business expenses, etc. Have appeals contact me.” 2From the record, it appears that petitioner claimed 99 exemptions on a Form W-4, Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate, with respect to his 1998 Federal income tax withholdings. 3The parties have made no contentions as to whether the substitute for return respondent prepared in the instant case satisfies sec. 6020(b). 4Respondent reduced petitioner’s $27,334 of gross income by a $3,550 standard deduction and $2,700 of exemptions.Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Next
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