European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 16, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 29 j the stars and stripes i a thursday March 16,1989 Nap workers lose bid for lax exclusion b Randy Mclatn financial Wilter non Apptt Atria cd fund employees fighting to .  on Othalas income have last an important lawsuit in Federal to court. But the main plaintiff inthe Case says he will Apple of he can raise the necessary Legal fees. I m sure of winning All i no us to raise 55,500,"said David Matthews an Naf car if Iyce in Schwil Zingen Wisl Germany who has been cml ung the internal Revenue service for two years Over what sort of overseas income is taxable. At Issue is whether Nap. Employees in Europe 1ft eligible to claim what is known As the foreign earned income exclusion. The internal Revenue service says no. Matthews and More than 100 supporters some of whom have contributed up to $2,000 to help wage his Legal Battle say yes. Meanwhile the iks is moving ahead with efforts to collect unpaid lanes of More than $2 million from at least 600 other Naf employees in West Germany spokesman for the irs in Bonn said 600 notices seek ing payment of Back taxes were mailed this month and More could go out soon the Bills arc the result of a lengthy irs investigation focusing on Naf employees who have tried to shield income from . Taxes using the foreign exclusion rules. ,.a. That exclusion allows Many . Citizens to avoid taxes on up to $70,000 in income if the Money i been earned overseas. However . Government Plo Yecs do not qualify for the exclusion an Jhc irs Pilot i Torrejon and Spain Ruffi a . Air Force Pilot Warl tilled and an of lick was slightly Iii Rcd tuesday when lhcir.f-l6 jul Fig is collided Aboul 90miles Southeast Lamadrid. The Plair St assigned to the 401si tacfigh1cr"wing at Torr Jon collided near the City of Cuenca about ,2 4s. P.m., ins Long held non appropriated fund employees Al though not paid with tax dollars arc government workers. Matthews a Community and family support Agency worker argues that the irs rules arc unfair and should be changed. His Case has been joined by Theta court with the Case of Ron Davis another Naf worker from sch Cringen. The tax court ruled against Matthews in february but he told the stars and stripes that he plans anal Caho . District court in Washington. So far he s run lip a Legal Bill of More than $44,000,and the Appeal to a higher Federal court will Cost at i cast s5.500 More. Matthews Hopes to get the  from his supporters. He s been advertising his apr Auh rough a newsletter that is mailed period into past to to tutors. For its p3lthc irs Halls the  a Clear evidence  must pay income lanes. I Ujj Rod Young an irs cd Fin  tax court ruled feb. 16 that  Are in fact govern ment employees fortatvurpol8t, Only Victory for Matthews and jii�to-plain1iltstlta that the court did t find Tea Guilly of  improperly claiming to foreign income exclusion Al their tax _. Jig enc finding would have opened Matt this supporters up to quite stiff penalties in adaption Loback taxes and interest charges Young  judge ruled that while the petitioners were in the wrong they believed in Good Faith thai they were Coli to cd to the exclusion and had a reasonable enough basis to Challenge the irs Young noted however that the judge s ruling Means Only that negligence penalties can t be assessed against Naf workers like Matthews who file lax returns claiming the exclusion in 1987 and before. For returns from tax year 1988 and on he irs May very Well assess negligence penalties if an n of worker continues to claim the exclusion. Matthews who was audited for the 1983 and 1984lax years has been Toby the irs thai he owes 16,000 in Back taxes Juv id if he loses his Appeal he could reliable Fow Irtira Back taxes because he also claimed the i in 1985 -.".-. Barbara j. A Cinnann an assistant Revenue service representative with the irs in Bonn  first 600 Naf workers who have been mailed payment notice this month owe an average of Between $3.500 and 14,000 in taxes. She  majority of those 600audited for 1986. She  irs in t finished checking for irregularities. -.  think Well be looking Al this area very closely she said. This is a High  she  same employees caught in the current sweep May find themselves owing More Money if they arc audited for additional years. The irs also is pursuing at least 400 other cases of evolving taxpayers who filed for the foreign earned pc than in exclusion after improperly claiming to be inc  for the . Government rather employees she said. Spokeswoman Cape Wil Leuc Parker  name of the dead Pilot was being withheld until his family has been Noti fied. The injured Pilot Cape. Slyven s. Kumpf 27, of a tyndale anz., was Lake no the Torr Jon base Hospital for Ohser a tettion and released Parker said. The cause of the crash is under investigation she said. A v v on dec. 5 the commander of the i 6th air Force at Torrejon maj. Gen. Win Field s. Harpe died when the f-16 he was piloting crashed into a Mountain about 15 Miles from the base during a night air to air refuelling  72 Al 6s assigned to the 401st Are scheduled to b3  to Croton Italy by 1992 Undis eight year Mill Lary cooperation  in Decem Ber by Spain and the . The move follows a 19b6 referendum in which Spanish citizens voted to re main in nato if the a. Military pres ence in the country was reduced. Fruit from Page 1. Will be Loit. If some solution is networked out quickly. The Fra tuesday ordered All chilean fruit detained at . Ports until further notice apparently the largest action fits kind Ever taken inspectors continued to search through the 336,000 cases of grapes and tens of thousands of cases of other fruit already on shipping docks and in Airport holding areas but by Laic tuesday nigh they had found no Oiler evidence of cyanide poisoning. The United Stales imported $294 Mil a Nissar is pulling chilean refit fruit from lion officials said an oficial with the deft by the stars and Stripe ing pulled from commissary so ctr to Europe As a proc a ibis Stonco Rogia Mairone confirmed thai chilean Ruil had reached miliary comfy Fries inert whiled kingdom and West Ger Many and said it could be in other lock oops Well the subsistence Region Whitti  for army and air Force commissaries in Europe has adv Ifa its up chasers not to buy fruit from Chile."untilwcgctaloflhissortcdti".theomcialttel.,. A spokesman for air Tyk to commissaries in euro old the stars and Stripe that the service was at dicing All chilean fruit pulled altar shelves until further notice. In was noting medially known which commissary mullions would be of  chilean Rufil also was being withdrawn tuesday from army Slac shelves  on medical hold an army commissaries official Sak a noise items possibly affected arc grapes peaches cantaloupes  pears and plums the of tical said. Lion Worth of chilean fruit last Winter about a third of All american fruit imports for the year according to agriculture department figures. About $208 million in grapes More than 80 percent of All grapes imported last year came from  substantial part of this Winter s crop is still in port in the United slates or Enro Ute port officials said three ships loaded with 1.4 million costs of fruit Whereat sea tuesday heading from Chile. This could be a disaster for chilean also for the Industry Here said Joe Menta a spokesman for Philadelphia port co. This is the Peak a the season. Sixty five percent of the fruit that comes in from Chile comes in to  besides Philadelphia Miami and Losangeles Are the chief ports of entry for fruit destined for the United slates. Hacker from Page l a 1984 Law that makes holding arricrffife�4$zcns hos Tage anywhere in the world a crime. Two Aro emans lat dry t. Slade and his son William were aboard Laplane when it was hijacked and were held on its Jour Ney around the  general Dick to Burgh said in a statement today Nihl the jury s verdict. Is a boost for our efforts to effectively Deal with International terrorism. Tho who violate the rights of . Citizens Are hereby put on notice that the american Law enforcement system incapable of enabling a penalty for these terroristic in pcs regardless of Herc icy  d. Carter Yunis lawyer said he planned to Appeal Yunis in stifled in his defense that he was a Jonter in shiite Muslim militia amal and def my Euclic cd to be  he  lha of Fol is from a senior Ama officer and  of the hijacking which began in bin  Jimaly 30 hours was to Send a message to the Arab a Cage bout the problems of palestinian refugees in 1/mnon." in his Cesli Menf Unis said he was not aware of plans to Bop skip the plane he said he Learned of the Arnm Pleitt explosion moments before it happened and v4rfnlehe was still Reading a statement to the press. No one was killed in the hijacking but testimony at the trial showed that some of the Lour hijackers wit Yunis brutally beat the jordanian sky marshals who lied been  testimony also showed however thai Yunis was in the cockpit when this look place and thai whence saw the beatings he ordered his asocial is to Stop. Bush i from Page 1 homicides mostly  Vio Lence involving Suc gems. On March to Bush told a news Confer ence thai he had asked Bennett to look into what could be done about ak47s, a  semiautomatic Rifle. Manufactured in a number of so Viet bloc countries but that he wanted to find a Way to still do what s right by the legitimate  he said solving the problem was not is easy As it  s news release in Bennett s name said that Treasury Secretary Nicho Las Brady who has jurisdiction Over the. Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms decided to suss  immediately the importation  makes of assault Type weapons pending Antwion Asto whether these weapons Are As re j by Law particularly suitable for or adaptable to sporting purposes " Bush a longtime member of the National Rifle association shares the pub Lic concern Over the proliferation of semiautomatic weapons said it water. Applications so far ibis year to import such weapons already have passed the total of the previous three years Bennett said. The new policy was announced late inthe afternoon and while House officials  questions about it to Bennett s Bush drug Czar to Lake the Lead on looking into ways to address the problem Fitz Waier noted