Decision will be entered for respondent.
CHIECHI,
*42 We must decide whether to sustain the determinations that respondent made in the notice of deficiency that respondent issued to petitioner for his taxable year 2008. We hold that we will sustain those determinations.
All of the facts have been deemed established for purposes of this case under
Petitioner resided in Macomb, Michigan, at the time he filed the petition in this case.
During 2008, the taxable year at issue, petitioner performed work for E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. (DuPont) for which that company paid him. DuPont issued to petitioner Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement (Form W-2), for his taxable year 2008 in which it showed, inter alia, that during 2013 Tax Ct. Memo LEXIS 42">*43 that year it had paid him "Wages, tips, other compensation" of $75,536.16.
Petitioner did not file a tax return for his taxable year 2008. Respondent prepared a substitute for return for that taxable year.
Respondent issued a notice of deficiency (notice) to petitioner for his taxable year 2008. In that notice, respondent determined, inter alia, that for petitioner's taxable year 2008 petitioner has "Wages, tips, other compensation" of *43 $75,536. 2 Respondent also determined in the notice that petitioner is liable under
In the petition that petitioner filed commencing this case, he gave the following reasons for disagreeing with the determinations that respondent made in the notice: "1. Petitioner has no requirement under law to file a Form 1040. 2. Commissioner has no lawful authority to file a substitute for return in this instant case. 3. Petitioner had no taxable income for the year 2013 Tax Ct. Memo LEXIS 42">*44 in question." In support of the above-quoted reasons, petitioner alleged the following as facts in the petition: "1. Petitioner's IMF's substantiate the claim I have no requirement to file or mail a Form 1040. 2. The notice of deficiency is based on a substitute for return filed by Ms. Green under
On September 5, 2012, petitioner filed a motion to take judicial notice. In that motion, petitioner asserted: *44 Petitioner, Ronald W. Davenport, moves the Court to take judicial notice of the following facts: 1. Petitioner was not required to file a form 1040 for the year 2008 pursuant to petitioner's Individual Master File. (Exhibit P-1 thru P-1B include cover letter and all pages (2) related to 2008 record) 2. Petitioner's Individual Master File does not have Statutory Notice of Deficiency posted against petitioner for the year 2008. (Exhibit P-1B shows there is no Transaction Code (TC) 494 posted on the record/file) 3. The law states: 4. Exhibits P-2 thru P-2B are from the IRS processing codes and information document used to decode the Individual Master File (IMF).
In an Order dated September 11, 2012 (September 11, 2012 Order), we denied petitioner's motion to take judicial notice. In that Order, we found that *45 certain statements, contentions, and/or arguments in that motion and in the petition are frivolous and/or groundless. We also reminded petitioner in the September 11, 2012 Order about
On October 2013 Tax Ct. Memo LEXIS 42">*46 25, 2012, respondent filed a motion to show cause why proposed facts and evidence should not be accepted as established, as provided in
On November 15, 2012, petitioner filed a response to the Order to show cause. In that response, petitioner asserted: Now comes petitioner in response to the Tax Court's, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE dated November 1, 2012. Find below petitioner's admission, or objection to each numbered paragraph, set forth in respondent's Exhibit C, with documentation in support thereof. 1. Petitioner admits his address at the time of petition is correct. 2. Petitioner objects, for the record, to the admission of an alleged Notice of Deficiency dated June 20, 2011 for alleged taxable year ending December 31, 2008. Objection is under 3. Petitioner admits letter dated April 18, 2011 exists. Attached hereto as Exhibit 2-P is a copy of petitioner's response to Maureen Green's letter dated May 11, 2011 complete with Exhibit's proving, to Ms. Green, a material fact that petitioner has no filing requirement under the law to file a Form 1040. 4. Petitioner objects, for the record, to the admission of Maureen Green's alleged delegated authority under "The authority of ministerial officers is to be strictly constructed as including only such powers as are expressly conferred, or necessarily implied," See also 5. Petitioner objects, for the record, to the admission of Maureen Green's Declaration for Exhibit's 2-J and 3-J. Attached hereto as Exhibit 4-P is a copy from the Internal Revenue 2013 Tax Ct. Memo LEXIS 42">*48 Manual showing a material fact to the specific returns which can be filed by Ms. Green under "The authority of ministerial officers is to be strictly constructed as including only such powers as are expressly *47 conferred, or necessarily implied," See also Maureen Green acted outside her delegated authority and such action was ultra vires. 6. Petitioner objects, for the record, to the admission of the W-2's under 7. Petitioner objects, for the record, to the admission of petitioner's 2008 payroll records under 8. 2013 Tax Ct. Memo LEXIS 42">*49 Petitioner objects, for the record, to the admission of Affidavit from Karla R. Murray under 9. Petitioner objects, for the record, to the admission of the letter from Karla R. Murray dated, September 5, 2012 under the 10. Petitioner objects, for the record, to the admission of the letter from Karla R. Murray dated, October 9, 2012 under *48 11. Petitioner objects, for the record, to the admission of respondent's Exhibit 10-J, as respondent does not have the delegated authority to file a substitute for return under Petitioner does not accept or agree to the alleged facts in respondent's Exhibit C, attached to respondent's motion to show cause, as answered above. In petitioner's Exhibit 1-P, attached hereto, is clear and concise documentation that a statutory Notice of Deficiency, in 2013 Tax Ct. Memo LEXIS 42">*50 fact, does not exist against this petitioner for the year 2008. In compliance to this codified Administrative requirement that records shall stand with accuracy, relevance, timeliness, and completeness as is reasonably necessary to assure fairness to the individual it is statutorily clarified in WHEREFORE, petitioner moves the Court to deny the respondent's alleged facts of evidence as there is no documentation in the agency's records that support their claim of an alleged Notice of Deficiency. Without the statutory Notice of Deficiency, the petitioner has no requirement 2013 Tax Ct. Memo LEXIS 42">*51 to petition this Court, as there is no genuine issue before this Court to adjudicate. Petitioner moves the Court to dismiss with prejudice as a matter of law, there is no subject-matter jurisdiction.
*49 In an Order dated November 19, 2012 (November 19, 2012 Order), we made the Order to show cause absolute. In the November 19, 2012 Order, we indicated that we found that certain statements, contentions and/or arguments that petitioner advanced in his response to the Order to show cause are frivolous and/or groundless. We also reminded petitioner again in our November 19, 2012 Order, as we did in our Order dated September 11, 2012, about
As required by our standing pretrial order, respondent timely filed a pretrial memorandum in this case. Petitioner did not.
On December 10, 2012, when this case was called from 2013 Tax Ct. Memo LEXIS 42">*52 the calendar (calendar call) for our trial session in Detroit, Michigan, petitioner and counsel for respondent appeared and informed us that the case was ready for trial. Petitioner informed us at the calendar call that his testimony at trial would last about 10 minutes. Respondent advised us at the calendar call that although respondent did not intend to call any witnesses, respondent intended to cross-examine petitioner. *50 On December 10, 2012, when this case was recalled for trial, petitioner and counsel for respondent appeared. When we asked petitioner to go to the witness stand in order to testify, he refused to do so and stated: "The record speaks for itself." We then asked petitioner why he requested a trial, to which he responded: "To come down and present my case. But I cannot be compelled to be a witness against myself". We attempted to confirm that petitioner did not intend to testify by asking him whether we were correct in stating that he did not want to testify, to which he responded: "Right. Under the law I cannot be compelled to be a witness against myself". We admonished petitioner once again about
Because petitioner declined to testify and respondent 2013 Tax Ct. Memo LEXIS 42">*53 did not call any witnesses, we had this case submitted on the basis of the facts deemed established under
Petitioner bears the burden of proving error in the determinations in the notice.
We have found the following facts. During 2008, petitioner performed work for DuPont for which it paid him. DuPont issued to petitioner Form W-2 for his taxable year 2008 in which it reported that during that year it had paid him "Wages, tips, other compensation" of $75,536. Petitioner did not file a tax return *51 for his taxable year 2008. Respondent prepared a substitute for return for that year. In the notice that respondent issued to petitioner for his taxable year 2008, respondent determined that petitioner has "Wages, tips, other compensation" of $75,536 and that he is liable under
On the record before us, we sustain the determinations that respondent made in the notice for petitioner's taxable year 2008.
We turn now sua sponte to
Despite repeated admonitions to petitioner that we would impose a penalty on him under
On the record before us, we find that petitioner's position in this case is frivolous and groundless and that he instituted and maintained this case primarily *52 for delay. Accordingly, we shall impose on petitioner a penalty under
We have considered any statements, contentions, and/or arguments of petitioner that are not frivolous and/or groundless and that are not discussed herein, and we find them to be without merit and/or irrelevant.
To reflect the foregoing,
1. All section references are to the Internal Revenue Code in effect for the year at issue. All Rule references are to the Tax Court Rules of Practice and Procedure.↩
2. In the notice, respondent rounded to the nearest dollar the amount of "Wages, tips, other compensation" that DuPont showed in Form W-2 that it had paid to petitioner during the year at issue. Hereinafter, we shall do the same.↩