IN RE ESTATE OF CROSS

No. 61961-1.

126 Wn.2d 43 (1995)

891 P.2d 26

CERTIFICATION FROM THE UNITED STATES TAX COURT IN In the Matter of the Estate of MILLIE CROSS. SILAS A. CROSS, Petitioner, v. THE COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

March 30, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas Sulkosky, for petitioner.

Loretta C. Argrett, Assistant Attorney General of the United States, and Gary R. Allen, Bruce R. Ellisen, and S. Robert Lyons, for respondent.

Christine O. Gregoire, Attorney General, and John W. Hough, Senior Assistant, amicus curiae.


DURHAM, C.J.

In a federal income tax cause of action before the United States Tax Court, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue (Commissioner) seeks to collect from the Estate of Millie Cross unpaid income tax on unincorporated business income earned by Millie Cross's husband, Silas Cross. The United States Tax Court certified the following question of state law to this court:

Does Washington State community property...

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