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Spouse relief can now be challenged.


* The Tax Court recently ruled a taxpayer could challenge the IRS's grant of innocent spouse spouse  A legal marriage partner as defined by state law  relief to his former wife. According to according to
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 the court, when Congress passed the 1998 IRS An abbreviation for the Internal Revenue Service, a federal agency charged with the responsibility of administering and enforcing internal revenue laws.  Restructuring restructuring - The transformation from one representation form to another at the same relative abstraction level, while preserving the subject system's external behaviour (functionality and semantics).  and Reform Act it intended to provide a nonelecting spouse with the standing to contest the service's determination. Prior to this case, an individual did not have the right to challenge the government's decision to grant relief to a spouse or to a former spouse. (Corson v. Commissioner, 114 TC no. 24, 5-18-00.)
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Author:Lynch, Michael
Publication:Journal of Accountancy
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Aug 1, 2000
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