Legal Opinion

Smith v. Commissioner

United States Tax Court

Decided June 30, 1955No. Docket Nos. 45853-56855UnpublishedCited by 1 opinion

1. The Commissioner's statutory notices asserting transferee liability against petitioners were mailed more than four years after the filing of the alleged transferor's tax returns. A stipulation was filed at the hearing admitting that there were due from the alleged transferor deficiencies and fraud penalties arising out of the filing of those returns. Held: The stipulation constituted an admission by petitioners of the alleged transferor's deficiencies and fraud.

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1. The Commissioner's statutory notices asserting transferee liability against petitioners were mailed more than four years after the filing of the alleged transferor's tax returns. A stipulation was filed at the hearing admitting that there were due from the alleged transferor deficiencies and fraud penalties arising out of the filing of those returns. Held: The stipulation constituted an admission by petitioners of the alleged transferor's deficiencies and fraud. Consequently, assertion of transferee liability against petitioners is not barred by the 4-year period of limitations provided…

1Opinion of the Court

Jonnie Lou Smith, et al. 1 v. Commissioner.

Smith v. Commissioner

Docket Nos. 45853-56855.

United States Tax Court

T.C. Memo 1955-183; 1955 Tax Ct. Memo LEXIS 155; 14 T.C.M. (CCH) 706; T.C.M. (RIA) 55183;

June 30, 1955

1. The Commissioner's statutory notices asserting transferee liability against petitioners were mailed more than four years after the filing of the alleged transferor's tax returns. A stipulation was filed at the hearing admitting that there were due from the alleged transferor deficiencies and fraud penalties arising out of the filing of those returns. Held: The stipulation…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Blair v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
  2. Reis v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1942
  3. Gordon v. SpellmanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1916
  4. Rowen v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1952
  5. Beasley v. SmithSupreme Court of Georgia · 1915

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