Ivey Branch Holdings, LLC v. Commissioner
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In an unpublished order, the Tax Court denied the IRS’ motion for summary judgment reserving the proceeds issue for trial, found the deemed approval provision as not fatal because of the limitations, and rejected that the building area was “moveable.”
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