U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
John Finnegan v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
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- Type
- Opinion
- Filed
- June 11, 2019
- Case
- John Finnegan v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
- Case status
- Decided
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TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge: As many of us do, John and Joan Finnegan ("Taxpayers") hired someone to prepare their tax returns. For eight years, Taxpayers' return preparer included bogus claims on their returns. Taxpayers apparently were oblivious to this. The return preparer was indicted for his fraudulent behavior and pled guilty. Eventually, the IRS came calling: to recover the money it…
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