When a Tax Issue Is Taken to Court, the Burden

question 121

True/False

When a tax issue is taken to court, the burden of proof is on the taxpayer to show that the items reported on the return are correct.

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Definitions:

Plato's Metaphysics

The branch of philosophy in Plato's works that studies the nature of reality, including the theory of Forms, where abstract forms or ideas possess the highest and most fundamental kind of reality.

Heraclitus

An ancient Greek philosopher known for his theory that change is the fundamental essence of the universe, encapsulated by the phrase "everything flows".

Pythagoras

An ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician known for formulating the Pythagorean theorem in geometry.

Spinoza

Baruch Spinoza, a philosopher of Portugese-Jewish origin, who proposed that God and Nature were two names for the same reality, leading to his excommunication from the Jewish community.