Opinion
TC-MD 160379N
06-27-2017
CRYSTAL L. MUNO, Plaintiff, v. DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, State of Oregon, Defendant.
This Final Decision incorporates without change the court's Decision, entered June 7, 2017. The court did not receive a statement of costs and disbursements within 14 days after its Decision was entered. See Tax Court Rule-Magistrate Division (TCR-MD) 16 C(1).
ALLISON R. BOOMER MAGISTRATE JUDGE
This matter came before the court on the agreement of the parties. Plaintiff filed her Complaint on December 9, 2016, arguing that she was incorrectly denied deductions on her 2013 tax return because Defendant changed her filing status of Head of Household "based on the erroneous assumption that [Plaintiff's] filing status was, or should have been Married Filing Separate." (Compl at 2.) Plaintiff requested that she be granted "Education Credit, Standard Deduction, Child Care Credit, EITC [Earned Income Tax Credit] and WFC [Working Family Credit]." (Id. at 1.)
In its Answer, filed January 26, 2017, Defendant disagreed that Plaintiff qualified for a filing status of Head of Household, stating that "[t]he Plaintiff did not provide supporting documentation * * * that Defendant incorrectly imposed the filing status of Married Filing Separately."
A case management conference was held March 20, 2017, after which Plaintiff's authorized representative sent additional documentation to Defendant. After reviewing the documents, Defendant filed its Recommendation on May 16, 2017, and agreed that, for the 2013 tax year, Plaintiff should be allowed a filing status of Head of Household; a subtraction of $4,000 for tuition and fees; a standard deduction of $3,345; a Working Family Credit and Child and Dependent Care Credit based on $1,152 of child care expenses paid to Klamath Kid Center; and an Oregon Earned Income Credit. Plaintiff filed a response to Defendant's Recommendation on May 30, 2017, confirming agreement with Defendant's Recommendation. Because the parties are in agreement, the case is ready for decision. Now, therefore, IT IS THE DECISION OF THIS COURT that, based upon the agreement of the parties, for the tax year 2013, Plaintiff is allowed a filing status of Head of Household; a subtraction of $4,000 for tuition and fees; a standard deduction of $3,345; a Working Family Credit and Child and Dependent Care Credit based on $1,152 of child care expenses paid to Klamath Kid Center; and an Oregon Earned Income Credit.