Legal Opinion

Napoliello v. Commissioner

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided August 23, 2011No. 09-72389PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

NOONAN, Circuit Judge:

Michael Napoliello appeals the United States Tax Court’s decision in favor of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. We have jurisdiction under 26 U.S.C. § 7482(a), and we affirm.

FACTS

This case arises from the Internal Revenue Service’s (“IRS”) investigation of a tax shelter. The type of shelter is known as a “Son-of-BOSS” (being a variant of the Bond and Options Sales Strategy (“BOSS”) shelter). Son-of-BOSS tax shelters involve a series of transactions connected to offsetting foreign currency options. See generally Desmet v. Comm’r of Internal Revenue, 581 F.3d…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Howard S. Scar and Ethel M. Scar v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
  2. Ben Abatti and Margaret Abatti v. Commissioner of the Internal Revenue ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
  3. Kornman & Associates, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2008
  4. Petaluma FX Partners, LLC v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue ServiceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2010
  5. Desmet v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2009

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. 106 Ltd. v. Commissioner, IRSCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2012
  2. Meruelo v. CommissionerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2012
  3. Thompson v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 2011
  4. Organic Cannabis Foundation v. CirCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2020
  5. Bedrosian v. Comm'rUnited States Tax Court · 2015

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