KIKALOS v. C.I.R.

Nos. 98-2631, 98-2632.

190 F.3d 791 (1999)

Nick KIKALOS and Helen Kikalos, Petitioners-Appellees, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 8, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph M. Bernstein (argued), Chicago, IL, for Petitioners-Appellees.

Stuart L. Brown, Clifford M. Harbourt, I.R.S., Washington, D.C., Charles Bricken, (argued), Dept. of Justice, Tax Div., Appellate Section, Washington, DC, Loretta C. Argrett, Dept. of Justice, Tax Div., Washington, DC, for Respondent-Appellant in No. 98-2631.

Clifford M. Harbourt, I.R.S., Washington, DC, Charles Bricken (argued), Dept. of Justice, Tax Div., Appellate Section, Washington, DC, Loretta C. Argrett, Dept. of Justice, Tax Div., Washington, DC, for Respondent-Appellant in No. 98-2632.

Before COFFEY, MANION, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

On their income tax returns for 1992 and 1994, Nick and Helen Kikalos deducted as a business expense the interest they paid on tax deficiencies that had been assessed for prior years. The Internal Revenue Service disallowed the deduction pursuant to a temporary regulation that deems interest owed on tax underpayments to be nondeductible personal interest, even if the income giving rise to the tax liability derives from the taxpayer...

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