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· 4/9/2018

United States v. Corey Grant

Citations

  • 887 F.3d 131

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • noting that the taxpayer entered into option transactions “only after his accountant and tax advisor . . . had investigated their tax benefits” and that “[t]he bulk of trading . . . occurred in November, December and January”
  • applying “primarily for profit” test to straddle transactions, under § 165(c)
  • applying \primarily for profit\ test to straddle transactions, under Sec. 165(c)
  • “It is doubtful that trading could ever have been sustained at economical levels without the associated tax benefits.”
  • “We need only look to the policies and history of section 165(c)(2
  • primarily for profit standard relaxed where congressionally encouraged transactions are involved

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Judges: Greenaway, Cowen, Padova

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