Appeals Court Changes Course, Rules Tax Return Wasn’t Truly Filed

March 10, 2023, 7:53 PM UTC

The IRS didn’t miss its deadline to assess taxes against a company because the company’s tax return wasn’t filed either through faxing a copy to an IRS agent or mailing a copy to an IRS lawyer, an appeals court ruled.

The Friday decision from an 11-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rejected a May ruling from a divided three-judge Ninth Circuit panel, which had sided against the government.

The case concerned whether Seaview Trading LLC, which was classified as a partnership for federal tax purposes, had filed its delinquent return for the ...

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