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Collateral Estoppel In Civil Tax Fraud Cases Subsequent To Criminal Conviction, Michigan Law Review Dec 1965

Collateral Estoppel In Civil Tax Fraud Cases Subsequent To Criminal Conviction, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

To secure compliance with federal income tax laws, Congress has provided both criminal and civil penalties. Fines and imprisonment are imposed under section 7201 of the Internal Revenue Code if the Government can prove beyond a reasonable doubts a willful attempt to evade or defeat taxation. Section 6653(b) authorizes, as a civil sanction, a fifty per cent addition upon findings by the Commissioner of fraudulent underpayment. These findings, if challenged by the taxpayer, need only be sustained by a preponderance of the evidence. Because of the similarity between the acts condemned by sections 7201 and 6653(b), conviction under section 7201 …


Costs Of Unsuccessful Criminal Defense Are Deductible "Ordinary And Necessary" Business Expenses--Tellier V. Commissioner, Michigan Law Review Nov 1965

Costs Of Unsuccessful Criminal Defense Are Deductible "Ordinary And Necessary" Business Expenses--Tellier V. Commissioner, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

Taxpayer, a broker and underwriter, was convicted for violations of the Securities Act of 1933 and the federal mail fraud statute, and for conspiracy to violate those statutes. He claimed a deduction for the legal expenses incurred in his defense. The Commissioner's disallowance of the deduction was sustained by the Tax Court. On appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit sitting en banc, held, reversed. Legal expenses incurred in an unsuccessful defense against criminal charges arising out of a trade or occupation are deductible "ordinary and necessary" business expenses.


Abstracts Of Recent Cases, Ralph Judy Bean Jr. Jun 1965

Abstracts Of Recent Cases, Ralph Judy Bean Jr.

West Virginia Law Review

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