Ralph Evans v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
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January 14, 2025
Easement Worth $1M, Not $18M, Gov't Tells 11th Circ.
The U.S. Tax Court was right to believe expert testimony that a claimed conservation easement donation of roughly $18 million was only worth $1 million, the government told the Eleventh Circuit, urging it to reject the donors' claims that the expert was unreliable.
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October 18, 2024
Tax Court Gave Short Shrift To Land Donors, 11th Circ. Told
The owners of a waterfront property in Georgia who protected 500 acres for conservation told the Eleventh Circuit that the U.S. Tax Court drastically undercut the value of their gift and its corresponding tax deduction by accepting flawed evidence provided by the government's sole witness.