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Taxpayer Was Convicted of Failure to File a Tax Returns Based Upon IRS Transcript


Taxpayer appealed his conviction for failing to file a tax return based upon the testimony of an IRS agent who read an IRS transcript purporting to reflect a history of taxpayer's tax return history. Taxpayer asserted that his confrontation clause rights had been violated since the IRS agent did not input the information that resulted in the transcript.

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Social Security Benefits Constitute Taxable Income


Taxpayer filed a petition challenging Respondent Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) notices of deficiency. Lawrence argued that his pension and social security benefits did not constitute taxable income because they were paid directly to the IRS pursuant to an IRS levy to recover his outstanding income taxes. The United States Tax Court upheld the Commissioner's deficiency determination. Lawrence appealed.

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