-17- same time, petitioners also filed an amended 1999 Federal income tax return claiming without further explanation that $13,038 reported as compensation received from NT during 1999 was really a loan repayment. Each of these amended returns claimed a refund resulting from the claimed recharacterization of the originally reported compensation as loan repayments. Respondent did not grant either of those claims for refund. F. Petitioners’ Financial Accounts 1. Overview Throughout the subject years, petitioners had 13 bank or investment accounts (collectively, financial accounts). Nine of the financial accounts were in the name of LeBloch. The remaining four financial accounts were in the name of Michelsen. 2. LeBloch’s Accounts LeBloch had three financial accounts at the LAIRE Federal Credit Union (LAIRE). The first account, a primary savings account (LAIRE 00), was open from January 1, 1997, through February 12, 1999. The second account, a checking account (LAIRE 50), was open during all of 1997 and 1998. The third account, a secondary savings account (LAIRE 01), was open from June 19 through December 31, 1998. LeBloch had three financial accounts at the Postal & Federal Employees Credit Union (PFE). Each of these accounts was open from September 24, 1998, through December 31, 1999. ThesePage: Previous 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 NextLast modified: November 10, 2007