Simmons v. Commissioner TC Memo 2009-208
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Tax Court rejected all of the IRS’ qualification arguments, found that the easements qualified as “contemporaneous written acknowledgements” under 170(f)(8), held that the appraisals substantially complied with the Treasury Regulations for “qualified appraisals” and reduced the allowed deductions.
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