Legal Opinion
Sklar v. Commissioner
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 12, 2008No. 06-72961PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WARDLAW, Circuit Judge:
Michael and Marla Sklar (“the Sklars”) appeal from a decision of the Tax Court affirming the disallowance of deductions they claimed for tuition and fees paid to their children’s Orthodox Jewish day schools. See Sklar v. Comm’r, 125 T.C. 281, 2005 WL 3497885 (2005). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 7482(a)(1), and we affirm.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
A. Taxpayers
The Sklars are Orthodox Jews who in 1995 had five school-aged children. Rather than send their children to public school to meet California State educational requirements, the Sklars…
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