NELSON v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE

No. 98-9014.

182 F.3d 1152 (1999)

Mel T. NELSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

July 6, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Colvin of Chicoine & Hallett, P.S., Seattle, Washington, (Neil M. Goff, of Otten, Johnson, Robinson, Neff & Ragonetti, P.C., Denver, Colorado, on the brief), for the appellant.

Edward T. Perelmuter (Loretta C. Argrett, Assistant Attorney General, and Teresa E. McLaughlin with him on the brief), of the Tax Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the appellee.

Before TACHA, MAGILL, and BRISCOE, Circuit Judges.


BRISCOE, Circuit Judge.

The Commissioner of Internal Revenue assessed a tax deficiency against Mel T. Nelson after determining Nelson had improperly utilized excluded discharge of indebtedness income to adjust his subchapter S corporate basis. The United States Tax Court upheld the Commissioner's deficiency determination and Nelson appeals. We exercise jurisdiction pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 7482(a)(1) and affirm.

Nelson was the sole shareholder of Metro...

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