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36 W. Mich. U. Cooley L. Rev. 95 (2021)
Comment on Limitations Periods and Return-Preparer Fraud

handle is hein.journals/tmclr36 and id is 109 raw text is: Comment on Limitations Periods and Return-
Preparer Fraud
PETER J. MANCINI, ESQ.580
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PETER  J. M ANCINI, ESQ ...................................................................  95
IS SU E  ............................................................................................  96
SUMMARY ANSWER................................................................ 97
TAX CODE AND CASELAW ON THE THREE-YEAR
LIMITATIONS PERIOD FOR TAX ASSESSMENT................. 99
HISTORICAL CONTEXT: CASELAW AND IRS OPINIONS ON
LIMITATIONS PERIODS BEING HELD OPEN BY RETURN-
PREPARER FRAUD...................................................................... 101
A. Courts Pre-Allen on Limitations Periods and Return-preparer Fraud..... 101
Tinkoff v. United States, 86 F.2d 868 (7th Cir. 1936)-..............................101
United States v. Gordon, 242 F.2d 122 (3d Cir. 1957)-............................ 102
United States v. Baldwin, 307 F.2d 577 (7th Cir. 1962)-.......................... 102
United States v. Whyte, 699 F.2d 375 (7th Cir. 1983)-............................. 103
United States v. Stadtmauer, 620 F.3d 238 (3d Cir. 2010)-......................103
B. Office of Chief Counsel on Limitations Periods and Return-Preparer Fraud
Pre-Allen.................................................................................................... 104
2000 F.S.A. LEXS 207 (Sept. 15, 2000)- .................................................. 104
C. Tax Court on Limitations Periods and Return-Preparer Fraud .............. 109
Allen  v. Comm 'r, 128  T.C. 37  (2007)-.......................................................109
City Wide Transit, Inc. v. Comm'r, 2011 T.C. Memo 2011-279 (2011)-... 113
Eriksen v. Comm'r, 2012 T.C. Memo 2012-194 (2012)-........................... 113
Finnegan v. Comm'r, T.C. Memo 2016-118 (2016)-.................................117
D. Office of Chief Counsel Post-Allen on Limitations Periods and Return-
Preparer Fraud............................................................................................ 120
2012 IRS C. C.A. LEXS 137, (June 4, 2012)-............................................120
580 The author is a practicing attorney in Michigan. His main focus is in international
disclosures to the I.R.S., federal and Michigan tax resolution, and civil appeals before
the I.R.S.'s Office of Appeals. He has been admitted to the U.S. Tax Court. He has
a LL.M. in Taxation and a J.D. from W.M.U. Cooley Law School. He also has an
M.B.A. from Eastern Michigan University and Bachelor degrees from the University
of Michigan.

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