Legal Opinion

Rodoni v. Commissioner

United States Tax Court

Decided July 24, 1995No. Docket No. 28636-92PublishedCited by 16 opinions

P husband, a participant in a qualified profit sharing plan, received a lump-sum distribution of the balance of his account in the plan on Feb. 5, 1988. P husband delivered the proceeds of the distribution to P wife, who used the funds to establish individual retirement accounts (IRA) in her name within 60 days of the distribution.

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P husband, a participant in a qualified profit sharing plan, received a lump-sum distribution of the balance of his account in the plan on Feb. 5, 1988. P husband delivered the proceeds of the distribution to P wife, who used the funds to establish individual retirement accounts (IRA) in her name within 60 days of the distribution. Ps obtained a Judgment of Dissolution of their marriage, entered nunc pro tunc to Dec. 31, 1988. The judgment incorporated a Marital Settlement Agreement executed by Ps, which provided that P wife was to receive the community property interest in the profit sharing…

1Opinion of the Court

Ruwe, Judge:

Respondent determined a deficiency of $146,544 in petitioners’ 1988 Federal income tax. After concessions, the issues for decision are: (1) Whether the lump-sum distribution from a qualified profit sharing plan to petitioner Mario Rodoni (Mr. Rodoni) and its subsequent transfer into the individual retirement accounts of petitioner Donna Rodoni (Mrs. Rodoni) qualify as a tax-free rollover under section 402(a)(5);1 or (2) whether such transfers qualify as a tax-free rollover under section 402(a)(6)(F).

FINDINGS OF FACT

Some of the facts have been stipulated and are so found. The…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Anderson v. HelveringSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  2. Orzechowski v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1978
  3. Richard W. And Janet Orzechowski v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
  4. Taylor v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1977
  5. Sperapani v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1964

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Schoof v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1998
  2. BUNNEY v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUEUnited States Tax Court · 2000
  3. Brotman v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1995
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  5. In re WilliamsDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 2001

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