To SAC Portland re Media Relations: IRS tax liability statement on NORJAK anniversary inquiries
Document date 18 November 1976
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-10:079-080 Document: Memorandum to SAC Portland re Media Relations: IRS tax liability statement on NORJAK anniversary inquiries Id: Cooper-Part-10:079-080 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-10%3A079-080 What is wrong (title, date, type, which pages belong together, copies)? What does the scan show?
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 10 pp. 79–80 (DB Cooper-1299–1300), Memo, dated 18 Nov 1976 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-10%3A079-080
SAC, PORTLAND (80-501-Sub 1)(P) 11/18/76
SA [REDACTED]
MEDIA RELATIONS
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In anticipation of news inquiries concerning NORJAK, Portland file 164-41, [REDACTED] Public Information Officer, Internal Revenue Service, Portland, Oregon, was contacted by SA [REDACTED] and requested to furnish information as to the tax liability of anyone claiming to be D. B. COOPER after 11/24/76. It is commonly known that the Statute of Limitations in this particular matter is expected to run on 11/24/76, the fifth anniversary of the crime.
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On 11/8/76, [REDACTED] furnished the following information which would apply to anyone coming forth and stating that they, in effect, were D. B. COOPER.
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The original amount received in the extortion was $200,000. The adjusted gross income for the year 1971 would be $197,825.00. The tax liability on the first $100,000 of this amount would be $53,090.00. The tax liability on the remaining $97,825.00 would be $68,478.00 for a total tax liability for 1971 of $121,568.00.
In addition to the above, the penalty for not having paid an estimated income tax withholding for the last quarter of 1971 would be $1,459.00. The penalty for failure to pay this estimated tax withholding would be $27,352.00.
Since the extortionist did not file a return for the year 1971, the penalty for failure to file would be $30,392.00.
The interest on the above taxes and penalties as of 11/24/76, will be $36,752.00.
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[Handwritten notation, upper right: [illegible] - 1572] [Handwritten initials, lower right: [illegible]]
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DB Cooper-1299
PD 80-501-Sub 1
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The total taxes owed by any individual who should come forward and state that they are D. B. COOPER after 11/24/76, would be $217,523.00. This amount would continue to grow at interest.
In addition to the taxes and penalties owed, there is a possible civil penalty which can run as much as 50% of the original taxes owed or approximately $60,000.00.
[REDACTED] stated that the above information could be furnished to the media and that he will confirm the information in writing at a later date.
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DB Cooper-1300
Serials: PD 164-41