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Opinion
Filed
April 29, 2019
Case
Roth v. C.I.R.
Case status
Decided

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McHUGH, Circuit Judge. The Roths appeal from a decision of the Tax Court imposing a 40% penalty for their gross misstatement of the value of a conservation easement they donated to a land trust in Colorado. The Roths primarily contend that, before imposing the penalty, the IRS failed to obtain written, supervisory approval for its "initial determination" of a penalty assessment as requi…

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