Estate of Arthur E. Kechijian v. Comm of Internal Revenue

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Case overview

Case Number:

18-2277

Court:

Appellate - 4th Circuit

Nature of Suit:

U.S. Tax Court 

  1. August 21, 2020

    4th Circ. Won't Reconsider $41M Stock Surrender Tax Battle

    The Fourth Circuit won't reconsider its decision that business partners in a distressed-debt company are liable for taxes they attempted to avoid by selling stock to themselves, resulting in $41.2 million in gains, according to an order Friday.

  2. August 10, 2020

    4th Circ. Urged To Reconsider $41M Stock Surrender Tax Row

    The Fourth Circuit should reconsider finding business partners in a distressed-debt company liable for taxes on $41.2 million in gains that they avoided by selling stock to themselves, the appeals court was told in a rehearing petition.

  3. June 23, 2020

    4th Circ. Affirms Stock Improperly Sold To Avoid Tax On $41M Gain

    Business partners in a distressed-debt company improperly sold stock to themselves to avoid taxes on $41.2 million in gains, the Fourth Circuit said in an opinion Tuesday, affirming a U.S. Tax Court decision.

  4. March 28, 2019

    Stock Sale 'Utterly Devoid' Of Economic Substance, 4th Circ. Told

    The president and a business partner of a distressed-debt business sold their company's stock to themselves in a transaction "utterly devoid" of economic substance to avoid taxes on $45.7 million in gains, the IRS has told the Fourth Circuit.

  5. February 11, 2019

    Tax Court Erred In Stock Surrender Ruling, 4th Circ. Told

    The president of a distressed debt loan business in North Carolina and the estate of his now-deceased business partner told the Fourth Circuit Monday that the U.S. Tax Court wrongly found their surrender of restricted shares to lack economic substance.

  6. December 03, 2018

    Estate's Evidence Too Late After $41M Error, 4th Circ. Told

    An estate is wrongly trying to introduce new evidence on appeal after the U.S. Tax Court found the estate had failed to report over $41 million in taxable income, the U.S. has told the Fourth Circuit.