Legal Opinion

Van Scoten v. Commissioner

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided March 9, 2006No. 05-9000PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PAUL KELLY, JR., Circuit Judge.

Taxpayer-Appellants Ronald and Cynthia Van Scoten (collectively, the “Van Scotens”) appeal from the Tax Court’s decision in Van Scoten v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo.2004-275, 2004 WL 2785918 (2004) (“T.C.Memo ”), holding them liable for an accuracy-related penalty of $2,872 imposed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue (“Commissioner”) as a result of their negligence in claiming losses from a cattle partnership they were invested in during the 1991 tax year. Our jurisdiction arises under 26 U.S.C. § 7482(a)(1), and we affirm.

Background

The accuracy-related penalty…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Duncan v. WalkerSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
  2. United States v. BoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. David E. Heasley and Kathleen Heasley v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
  4. Leo Goldman and Pauline Goldman v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1994
  5. Frank C. Pasternak Judith Pasternak (92-1681/1682) Anthony J. Cutaia Diane Cutaia David G. Koehlinger (92-1681) v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1993

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3Cited by40 opinions

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  2. Keller v. CommissionerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2009
  3. Stobie Creek Investments LLC v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2010
  4. Jade Trading, LLC ex rel. Ervin Capital, LLC v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2007
  5. Gary D. Hansen Johnean F. Hansen v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2006

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