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WHISTLE A FARRAGO

February 09, 2005

Quote of the day:

Petitioner filed a timely petition in which he sets out a farrago of nonsense as to why the notice of deficiency is invalid and he does not owe the tax determined.

-Tax Court Special Trial Powell, foreshadowing a defeat for petitioner today in Whistle B. Currier v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo 2005-21.

The case is the usual tax protestor nonsense, notable only for a $2,000 penalty for frivolous arguments, and for using "farrago":

farrago

/fraago/

• noun (pl. farragos or US farragoes) a confused mixture.

— ORIGIN Latin, ‘mixed fodder’, from far ‘corn’.

(Oxford Compact English Dictionary)

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