MANOCCHIO v. C.I.R.

No. 82-7588.

710 F.2d 1400 (1983)

John MANOCCHIO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 19, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Leer, Losey & Thompson, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Gilbert Rothenberg, Washington, D.C., for respondent-appellee.

Before WALLACE, TANG, and NELSON, Circuit Judges.


NELSON, Circuit Judge:

Manocchio (taxpayer) appeals from the Tax Court's decision to deny in part his deduction of the cost of a flight training course as a business expense. Ninety percent of the expense of the course had been reimbursed under a veterans' benefit program. The Tax Court held that the reimbursed portion of the expense was not deductible, that a prior revenue ruling and I.R.S. publication to the contrary did not estop the I.R.S. from retroactively denying...

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