- 5 - Watson and Associates of Midland, Inc. (Watson, Inc.), reporting the payment of $48,000 in wages to petitioner and withheld income and Social Security taxes of $1,845 and $2,976, respectively (both of which amounts were reflected on the 1998 Form 1040 and included in the total amount for which petitioner sought refund), and (2) a Form 1099-R, Distributions From Annuities, Retirement or Profit Sharing Plans, IRAs, Insurance Contracts, etc., for 1998 from “Mobil Oil Corp Inc Pension Plan” (Mobil Pension Trust) reporting a $1,114.04 distribution to petitioner, the amount petitioner reported on line 16b of the 1998 Form 1040. The 1998 Form 1040 does not include $80.22 of interest reflected on a Form 1099-INT, Interest Income, issued to petitioner by Amerus Life Insurance Company, which form was not attached to the 1998 Form 1040. Petitioner signed the 1998 Form 1040 under the preprinted jurat,3 but, just above his signature, he wrote “UNDER PROTEST Without Prejudice”. Also, on line 7 of the 1998 Form 1040, petitioner wrote “See attached letter to the Social Security Administration”. In that letter, dated October 4, 1999, and in an attachment to it (a letter from petitioner to Watson, Inc., dated January 11, 1998 (the Watson, Inc., letter)), petitioner argues, on the basis of regulations and cases cited therein, that 3 The jurat is the portion of the Form 1040 which reads: “Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I have examined this return and accompanying schedules and statements, and to the best of my knowledge and belief, they are true, correct, and complete.”Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 10, 2007