Thomas

Thomas v. Commissioner

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51 F. App'x 770
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecember 4, 2002No. 02-71394; IRS No. 5189-01California254 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Everett Dale Thomas appeals pro se the tax court’s judgment upholding the Commissioner of Internal Revenue’s determinations of income tax deficiencies and ad *771 ditions to tax for Thomas’ tax years 1993 to 1998 and the tax court’s imposition of a $5,000 penalty. We affirm.

The tax court correctly upheld the Commissioner’s deficiency determinations, where Thomas stipulated that he received the wages and interest income asserted by the Commissioner. See generally 26 U.S.C. §§ 1 , 61; Brushaber v. Union Pac. R.R. Co., 240 U.S. 1, 16-17 , 36 S.Ct. 236 , 60 L.Ed. 493 (1916); Maisano v. United States, 908 F.2d 408, 409 (9th Cir.1990); Root v. Commissioner, 847 F.2d 1379 , 1381 (9th Cir.1988).

The tax court did not clearly err in sustaining the additions to tax. Allen v. Commissioner, 925 F.2d 348, 353 (9th Cir.1991). Nor did the tax court did abuse its discretion in imposing a $5,000 penalty under 26 U.S.C. § 6673 (a) on the ground that Thomas’ positions were frivolous and that he maintained the proceedings primarily for delay. Wolf v. Commissioner, 4 F.3d 709, 716 (9th Cir.1993).

We GRANT in part the Commissioner’s request, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1912 and Fed.…

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