John and Sylvia Von Erdmannsdorff v. Indiana Department of State Revenue

John and Sylvia von Erdmannsdorff have appealed the Indiana Department of State Revenue’s Proposed Assessments of adjusted gross income tax (AGIT) for the 2000 through 2009 tax.years. This matter concerns whether the Department’s Proposed Assessments based on the.best information available are valid in light of the von Erdmannsdorffs’ contrary information. 1 The Court finds in favor of the von Erdmannsdorffs.

FACTS

During the years at issue, Mr. von Erd-mannsdorff owned and operated a new and used bookstore as a sole proprietorship in the college town of West Lafayette, Indiana. (See…