June 26, 2025
A Florida real estate developer seeking $18 million in tax deductions for loans he said became worthless during the Great Recession agreed to drop his suit against the Internal Revenue Service after reaching a deal with the agency, according to an Eleventh Circuit court filing.
September 09, 2024
A Florida real estate developer was correctly denied $18 million in tax deductions on loans his companies made for residential projects that became worthless, the U.S. government told the Eleventh Circuit on Monday, saying the money went to insiders and didn't qualify as real debt entitled to the write-offs.
June 20, 2024
A Florida business owner deserves tax deductions on loans his companies made to residential development projects that became worthless during the Great Recession, he told the Eleventh Circuit in a bid to reverse a Tax Court decision that classified the loans as equity.