- 8 - to petitioners’ children.6 Also during 1999, Wright & Associates issued checks totaling $5,510 to Consultation & Mediation. During 2000, Wright & Associates transferred to petitioners amounts totaling $32,075 either by check or transfer to petitioners’ personal bank account. Of the total amount transferred to petitioners, $29,405 constituted personal distributions. Wright & Associates also issued checks to petitioners’ children totaling $14,715, and to Consultation & Mediation totaling $1,250. During 2001, Wright & Associates distributed to Mr. Wright $87,864.64. In addition, for each of the years in issue, Wright & Associates paid for petitioners’ health insurance. The premiums for this insurance for 1999, 2000, and 2001, were $5,287, $6,625, and $9,208, respectively, for which petitioners claimed a 60-percent deduction. D. Offshore Banking, Investments, and Transactions During the years in issue, petitioners maintained an offshore bank account and credit card. The offshore bank account was at Leadenhall Trust Company, Ltd. (Leadenhall), in the Bahamas. Leadenhall issued petitioners a Mastercard credit card.7 In addition, Mr. Wright made offshore investments for 6Petitioners’ children paid back $916 to Wright & Associates. 7The Mastercard credit card issue by Leadenhall operated (continued...)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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