Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-10-2013
Abstract
In this report, I argue that the valuation misstatement penalty has been misinterpreted by the IRS to apply to tax shelter transactions that have nothing to do with valuation. The penalty applies to taxpayers who claim deductions from inflated basis only when the basis was inflated as a result of an overvaluation. Properly understood, the penalty provision rarely raises the issue for which the government successfully sought certiorari in United States v. Woods.
Keywords
Taxation, Internal Revenue Code section 6662(h), section 6659, statutory interpretation, valuation, basis, overvaluation, penalties, tax shelters without economic substance
Publication Title
Tax Notes
Repository Citation
Shakow, David J., "Valuation Misstatement Penalties Require Valuation Misstatements" (2013). All Faculty Scholarship. 466.
https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/faculty_scholarship/466
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Publication Citation
Tax Notes, Vol. 139, No. 11, Pg. 1283, June 10, 2013.