TRANTINA v. U.S.

No. 05-16102.

512 F.3d 567 (2008)

Charles E. TRANTINA; Linda M. Trantina, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 9, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Solliday, Thomas M. Quigley, Christopher L. Raddatz, David M. Kozak, Mohr Hackett Pederson Blakely & Randolph, P.C., Phoenix, AZ, for the appellants.

Eileen J. O'Connor, Kenneth L. Greene, Francesca U. Tamami, Bridget M. Rowan, Tax Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the appellee.

Before: STEPHEN REINHARDT, JAY S. BYBEE, and MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judges.


BYBEE, Circuit Judge:

This case requires us to determine whether a contract to provide insurance services can be treated as a capital asset under 26 U.S.C. § 1221(a). If the contract is a capital asset, then payments under the contract may be taxed as capital gains, which are taxed at a lower rate than ordinary income. We join the Seventh Circuit and conclude that the district court correctly found that these payments under the contract were ordinary income....

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