GENERAL INV. CORP. v. U.S.

Nos. 85-2604, 86-1652.

823 F.2d 337 (1987)

GENERAL INVESTMENT CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 29, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Benham (Yale F. Goldberg, of counsel), Phoenix, Ariz., for appellee.

Michael J. Roach, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Before ANDERSON, SKOPIL, and CANBY, Circuit Judges.


CANBY, Circuit Judge:

This appeal concerns a small mining company that, like others in its county, treated its workers as independent contractors for tax purposes. Two questions are before us. First, whether such treatment was justified under § 530(a)(2)(C) of the Revenue Act of 1978, 26 U.S.C. § 3401 note (1979), as undertaken in reliance on a "long-standing recognized practice of a significant segment of the industry." Second, for a later tax year to which...

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