In re Abbate

Respondent, who was admitted to the Bar in this Department on September 15, 1958 has been charged in a petition filed by the Monroe County Bar Association with professional misconduct. He was convicted on March 9, 1970 in the United States District Court for the Western District of New York, of willfully and knowingly failing to file a timely income tax return for the year of 1965 and was fined $500.

We have stated on previous occasions that an attorney has a duty to comply strictly with statutory mandates, particularly those relating to making income tax returns and payment of taxes due.…