Court Hears ‘Absurd’ Scheme

Taxpayers misled by unscrupulous advisers are still liable for 50 percent gross negligence penalties for filing a false return, Tax Court has ruled. Identical judgments came in two separate cases involving claims for fictional business losses: “No one except the most unsophisticated, ignorant, naive and gullible could believe that”.

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