The US Supreme Court heard the oral arguments in the Woods dispute last month, which deals with whether valuation misstatement penalties are applicable in tax shelter cases. Professor David Shakow, of the University of Pennsylvania Law School and counsel at Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry, who filed an amicus brief against the government in the case, explains why taxpayers hope the court’s judgment will help clarify two controversial areas of US tax law.
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