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· 2/22/1983

Melvin Nickerson and Naomi W. Nickerson v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Citations

  • 700 F.2d 402
  • 51 A.F.T.R.2d (RIA) 738
  • 1983 U.S. App. LEXIS 30298

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  • describing the Treas. Reg. § 1.183- 2(b) factors as “primarily objective”
  • “Common sense indicates to us that rational people do not perform hard manual labor for no reason, and if the possibility that petitioners performed these labors for pleasure is eliminated the only remaining motivation is profit.”

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Judges: Pell, Bauer, Timbers

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