- 8 - 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.Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Next
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