FISHER v. COMMISSIONER FOR INTERNAL REVENUE

No. 93-9029.

45 F.3d 396 (1995)

Robert D. FISHER and Orpha L. Fisher, Petitioners-Appellants, v. COMMISSIONER FOR INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

January 23, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Farrior of Barrow, Gaddis, Griffith & Grimm, Tulsa, OK, for petitioners-appellants.

Anthony T. Sheehan, Attorney, Tax Div. (Loretta C. Argrett, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Ann B. Durney, Attorney, Tax Div., with him on the brief), Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent-appellee.

Before TACHA and McKAY, Circuit Judges, and HANSEN, District Judge.


McKAY, Senior Circuit Judge.

The appellants, Mr. and Mrs. Fisher, were assessed a twenty-five percent penalty for substantially underreporting their taxable income in 1983 and 1984. 26 U.S.C. § 6661(a). (The Fishers had previously reached an agreement with the IRS on the amount of the deficiency for those years.) On May 25, 1989, the Fishers sought a waiver of these penalties under 26 U.S.C. § 6661(c), which provides the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue...

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