2000 Tax Ct. Memo LEXIS 280">*280 An appropriate Order and Decision will be entered.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
POWELL, SPECIAL TRIAL JUDGE: Petitioner did not file a Federal income tax return for the taxable year 1996. Respondent determined a deficiency and additions to tax under
Petitioner stipulated that2000 Tax Ct. Memo LEXIS 280">*281 during 1996 he (1) "provided services to the Bank of Hawaii [the Bank] having a fair market value of $ 45,784.00"; (2) received from the Bank "property, in the form of Federal Reserve Notes, having a fair market value of $ 45,784.00"; (3) received a State tax refund of $ 339 during 1996; (4) received $ 522 in Federal Reserve Notes for "brokerage sales" during 1996; and (5) received $ 20 in dividends during 1996. This case was calendared for trial on May 17, 2000, in Richmond, Virginia.
When this case was called from the calendar petitioner conceded that he received the amounts of income set forth in the notice of deficiency and stated that the amounts did not constitute taxable income. From petitioner's statements and submissions, petitioner contends that the sale of his labor for wages does not constitute taxable income. Petitioner also argues that the payment of income taxes is voluntary, and he is not a volunteer. Finally, petitioner contends that the 1996 Form 1040, U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, does not contain a valid "OMB Control Number". This Court and other courts have encountered these and similar arguments repeatedly and we have repeatedly rejected these arguments2000 Tax Ct. Memo LEXIS 280">*282 as frivolous. See, e.g.,
In many of the cases cited above we awarded penalties under
Petitioner's arguments advanced here are frivolous, and there are no facts2000 Tax Ct. Memo LEXIS 280">*283 militating against awarding a penalty. Accordingly, we award a penalty to the United States of $ 4,000 under
An appropriate Order and Decision will be entered.
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