Legal Opinion

Schoof v. Commissioner

United States Tax Court

Decided January 12, 1998No. Tax Ct. Dkt. No. 4265-9; Docket Nos. 6210-96, 6394-96, 6617-96, 6761-96, 7632-96, 9362-96, 9490-96, 15341-96, 15342-96, 17606-96, 17607-96PublishedCited by 36 opinions

T, an individual, sought approval from the Internal Revenue Service to become a trustee of an individual retirement account (IRA) trust. During 1991, distributions out of individual retirement plans were made to Ps. Those distributions were then rolled over to the IRA trusts of which T was to be the trustee.

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T, an individual, sought approval from the Internal Revenue Service to become a trustee of an individual retirement account (IRA) trust. During 1991, distributions out of individual retirement plans were made to Ps. Those distributions were then rolled over to the IRA trusts of which T was to be the trustee. Concurrently therewith each of the IRA trusts acquired a unit(s) (or fraction thereof) in an investment in a bus stop shelter program. 1. HELD: T is not qualified to serve as a trustee of an IRA trust under sec. 408(a)(2), I.R.C., and sec. 1.408-2(b)(2), Income Tax Regs. 2. HELD, FURTHER,…

1Opinion of the Court

Jacobs, Judge:

Respondent determined deficiencies in petitioners’ 1991 Federal income tax as follows:

Docket No. Petitioner(s) Deficiency

4265-96 Gordon J. and Bonnie L. Schoof $24,605

6210-96 Lyman K. and Judith Kennedy 4,112

6394-96 Melvin L. and Gail H. Rush 8,706

6617-96 Alice M. Johnson1 7,397

6761-96 Robert J. and Bette Barraclough 10,764

7632-96 William N. and Joan E. Hughes 128,225

9362-96 William W. and Joan E. Agnew 46,533

9490-96 Joe O. and Daurine M. Baker 3,002

15341-96 Joseph P. and Genice Spetz 8,724

15342-96 Robert C. and Mary D. Borman 16,462

17606-96 Nurit Haramgaal 11,405

17607-96 John…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Orzechowski v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1978
  2. Richard W. And Janet Orzechowski v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
  3. Taylor v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1977
  4. Wood v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1989
  5. Rodoni v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1995

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3Cited by36 opinions

  1. Maloof v. Comm'rUnited States Tax Court · 2005
  2. Atkin v. Comm'rUnited States Tax Court · 2008
  3. Bohner v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 2014
  4. Bobrow v. Comm'rUnited States Tax Court · 2014
  5. O'Neal v. Comm'rUnited States Tax Court · 2016

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