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Whirlpool’S Subpart F Position Was Inconsistent With Congressional Intent, Jeffery M. Kadet
Whirlpool’S Subpart F Position Was Inconsistent With Congressional Intent, Jeffery M. Kadet
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I believe that Whirlpool took an untenable position on allocation in its 2009 tax filings. The Tax Court in its Whirlpool decision corrected this position using a reasonable approach that used the taxpayer’s own accounting. Now, in their article, Yoder et al. have labeled the Tax Court’s approach a “fundamental flaw” while championing Whirlpool’s position. Considering this situation, it is critical that Treasury and the IRS add appropriate guidance to reg. section 1.954-3. This would clarify that in the case of sales to related or unrelated persons, with no locally based sales personnel and where group personnel in other locations …
Taxes, Administrative Law, And Agency Expertise: Questioning The Orthodoxy, Scott Schumacher
Taxes, Administrative Law, And Agency Expertise: Questioning The Orthodoxy, Scott Schumacher
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One of the foundations of administrative law is that federal agencies and their employees are experts in their respective fields. In addition, the many judgments and decisions made by these experts are based on a thorough record after extensive factfinding. As a result, so the theory goes, courts, particularly courts of general jurisdiction like the United States District Courts, should give deference to the determinations made by these experts. But what if the facts underpinning this foundation are not true in all cases? Should courts nevertheless provide deference to decisions by agencies when it is evident that an agency's determinations …