William N. and Moira M. Carlstedt - Page 1

                                        T.C. Memo. 1997-331                                              


                                      UNITED STATES TAX COURT                                            


                      WILLIAM N. AND MOIRA M. CARLSTEDT, Petitioners v.                                  
                         COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent                                    


                  Docket No. 2418-96.               Filed July 22, 1997.                                 


                        On the facts, Held:  Ps have failed to sustain                                   
                  their burden of proving that H did not materially                                      
                  participate in the activity of CDI during 1990 and 1991                                
                  within the meaning of sec. 469(h)(1), I.R.C., and sec.                                 
                  1.469-5T(a)(1), Temporary Income Tax Regs., 53 Fed.                                    
                  Reg. 5725 (Feb. 25, 1988), and consequently Ps may not                                 
                  offset certain undisputed passive losses against their                                 
                  share of income from CDI for those years.                                              


                  Ronald M. Soskin and Stephen E. Arthur, for petitioners.*                              
                  Ronald T. Jordan, for respondent.                                                      



                  *  A brief amicus curiae was filed by Richard M. Lipton and                            
            Adam Grais as attorneys for the National Realty Committee.                                   




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