Franklin and Janetta Hubbart - Page 8

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                Expense item               Monthly expense                            
                Food, clothing, misc.      $2,011                                     
                Housing and utilities      1,156                                      
                Transportation             1,212                                      
                Health care                1,130                                      
                Taxes (income and FICA)    817                                        
                Court ordered payments     364                                        
                Life insurance             100                                        
                Other expenses             429                                        
                Total                      7,219                                      
          The transportation expense included the cost of gas to and from             
          Mr. Hubbart’s medical treatments, described below.  The court-              
          ordered payments represented an installment agreement with the              
          State of California Franchise Tax Board to resolve petitioners’             
          outstanding State tax liabilities.  The other expenses                      
          represented attorney’s fees petitioners paid to Ms. Merriam’s law           
          firm in connection with the present litigation.                             
               In the letter explaining the offer amount, petitioners                 
          stated that they were offering to pay $60,400:                              
               for all Hoyt-related years, 1981 through 1996, to be                   
               paid in ninety days from the acceptance of the offer.                  
               * * *  We have attached an estimate [of the tax due] *                 
               * * It does not include any penalties, including the                   
               tax motivated transaction interest penalty or failure                  
               to pay penalty.                                                        
          The letter also included “medical and retirement considerations”            
          and a “retirement analysis”.  Petitioners’ medical and retirement           
          considerations included:  (1) Petitioners were retired; (2) Mrs.            





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