15 West 17th St. LLC v. Commissioner
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The IRS challenged a façade easement deduction both on 170(f)(8) grounds and on valuation. The donee submitted an amended Form 990 return for the year in which the donation was made. The tax court held that a traditional contemporaneous written acknowledgment was necessary and denied the deduction.
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