ESTATE OF MUELLER v. C.I.R.

No. 97-1856.

153 F.3d 302 (1998)

ESTATE of Bessie I. MUELLER, Deceased; John S. Mueller, Personal Representative, Petitioners-Appellants, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided August 20, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stevan Uzelac (argued and briefed), Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, Detroit, Michigan, for John S. Mueller.

Stevan Uzelac, Michael A. Indenbaum (briefed), Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, Detroit, Michigan, for Estate of Bessie I. Mueller, Deceased.

Jonathan S. Cohen (briefed), Charles Bricken (argued and briefed), U.S. Department of Justice, Appellate Section Tax Division, Washington, DC, for Commissioner of Internal Revenue.

Before: KEITH, BATCHELDER, and DAUGHTREY, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge:

This is a case in which a taxpayer and the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") disagree over the effect of an audit adjustment to the taxpayer's estate tax return. Specifically at issue are 8,924 shares of stock that the taxpayer undervalued when it filed the estate tax return, as a result of which the taxpayer underreported the taxable value of the shares and, consequently, underpaid its estate taxes. In addition, the government...

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