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Supreme Court· 1/17/1984

Badaracco v. Commissioner

Citations

  • 464 U.S. 386
  • 104 S. Ct. 756
  • 78 L. Ed. 2d 549
  • 1984 U.S. LEXIS 17
  • 52 U.S.L.W. 4081
  • 53 A.F.T.R.2d (RIA) 446

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the filing of a proper amended return does not purge the fraud evidenced by the filing of a fraudulent original return
  • holding that the filing of a proper amended return does not purge the fraud evidenced by the filing of a fraudulent original return
  • ruling that — for purposes of determining a statute of limitations — even admittedly fraudulent returns can be returns under the tax laws, if they “appeared on their faces to constitute endeavors to satisfy the law”
  • holding that \an amended return is a creature of administrative origin and grace\
  • holding “a taxpayer who submits a fraudulent return does not purge the fraud by subsequent voluntary disclosure”
  • affirming that a taxpayer's later behavior does not absolve a taxpayer of his antecedent fraud

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Judges: Blackmun, Stevens

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