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· 2/27/2009

McHan v. Commissioner

Citations

  • 558 F.3d 326
  • 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 3942
  • 103 A.F.T.R.2d (RIA) 1076
  • 2009 WL 485492

How courts have described this case

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  • finding that the outcome of a criminal forfeiture proceeding was not preclusive with respect to gross income
  • finding that the outcome of a criminal forfeiture proceeding was not preclusive with respect to gross income
  • in tax, taxpayer can rebut presumption that IRS Commissioner’s determination of income is correct by a preponderance
  • “The doctrine [of issue preclusion] does not apply where the party against whom the doctrine is invoked had a heavier burden of persuasion on that issue in the first action than he does in the second... .”
  • listing elements of collateral-estoppel doctrine

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Judges: Wilkinson, Duncan, Agee

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