GARDNER v. C.I.R.

No. 13-72699.

845 F.3d 971 (2017)

Fredric A. GARDNER; Elizabeth A. Gardner, Petitioners-Appellants, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 12, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fredric A. Gardner and Elizabeth A. Gardner, Dewey, Arizona, pro se Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Janet A. Bradley and Bridget M. Rowan , Attorneys; Kathryn Keneally , Assistant Attorney General; Tax Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Respondent-Appellee.

Before: Michael Daly Hawkins, Consuelo M. Callahan, and Andrew D. Hurwitz, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Elizabeth and Fredric Gardner assert, in a nutshell, that Bethel Aram Ministries (BAM) is a church, that Elizabeth is its corporation sole, and that both Elizabeth and Fredric have taken vows of poverty (with their maintenance provided by BAM). They argue that based on these facts they did not earn taxable...

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