Legal Opinion
Margaret Wiksell v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 25, 1996No. 94-70509PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM D. BROWNING, District Judge:
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In 1987, Margaret Wiksell signed two joint tax returns for the years 1984 and 1985, both of which omitted substantial ill-gotten income generated by her (now ex) husband’s illicit business. Margaret Wiksell claims to have known nothing about most of the money taken nor anything about the scam that generated the funds. On March 7,1991, a notice of deficiency was issued to the Wiksells for tax years 1984 and 1985. The couple challenged the deficiency and, following a trial at which only Margaret attended, the tax court denied both taxpayers relief. Wiksell…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Bettye A. Sanders v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Patricia A. Price v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
- Richard Douglas Furnish and Emilie Furnish Funk v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1958
- James A. Guth, and Arlys M. Guth v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
- Surabhan Ratanasen v. State of California, Department of Health ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Gwendolyn A. Ewing, Gwendolyn A. Ewing v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2006
- CULVER v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUEUnited States Tax Court · 2001
- CULVER v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUEUnited States Tax Court · 2001
- Ewing v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2006
- Margaret Wiksell v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
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