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US Court of Appeals ruling in Superior Trading permits broad penalty application in tax shelter cases

Joe Dalton
September 01, 2013
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The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit is the latest appellate court to favour the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) broad application of penalties on taxpayers entering into transactions lacking economic substance, after its ruling against Superior Trading.

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