SPARKMAN v. C.I.R.

No. 06-71476.

509 F.3d 1149 (2007)

James S. SPARKMAN; Mercury Solar PTO, Amanda McKeough, Trustee, Petitioners-Appellants, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 10, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul J. Sulla, Jr., Laupahoehoe, HI, for the petitioners-appellants.

Eileen J. O'Connor, Assistant Attorney General; Jonathan S. Cohen, Michelle B. Smalling, United States Department of Justice, Tax Division, Washington, D.C., for the respondent-appellee.

Before: O'SCANNLAIN, TASHIMA, and MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judges.


MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judge:

Petitioner-Appellant James Sparkman appeals the decision of the Tax Court upholding the Commissioner's notice of deficiency with respect to tax years 1996 through 2000. See Sparkman v. Comm'r, T.C. Memo. 2005-136 (2005). He objects to the Tax Court's ruling that one of his business entities, Mercury Solar PTO, lacked economic substance and should be disregarded for income tax purposes. He contends that the Tax Court improperly...

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