United States First Circuit
Burke v. Commissioner of IRS, 06-1865
Denial of a petition for a redetermination of tax liability is affirmed where: 1) a self-imposed restriction on the availability of income cannot legally defer recognition of that income; and 2) there was no genuine issue of material fact regarding the amount of petitioner's taxable income.
Appellate Information
- Decided 05/04/2007
- Published 05/04/2007
Judges
- TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge., Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, JOHN R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
Court
- United States First Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Timothy J. Burke, for appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Jonathan S. Cohen, Attorney, Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice, with whom Eileen J. O'Connor, Assistant Attorney General, and Regina S. Moriarty, Attorney, Tax Division, were on brief, for appellee.