Doyal v. C. I. R

1 Citing case

  1. Ellis v. C.I.R

    346 F. App'x 346 (10th Cir. 2009)   Cited 6 times
    In Ellis v. Commissioner, 346 F. App'x 346, 350-352 (10th Cir. 2009), aff'g in part, rev'g in part on other grounds T.C. Memo. 2007-207, the court appeared to employ harmless-error analysis to excuse the failure of the Office of Appeals to issue a 30-day letter before mailing a notice of deficiency.

    The only exception to the general rule concerning the burden of proof is when the taxpayer shows the IRS's deficiency determination is arbitrary and excessive; if the taxpayer meets that burden, the IRS must prove the precise deficiency. Doyal v. Comm'r, 616 F.2d 1191, 1192 (10th Cir. 1980). While Ellis has claimed the IRS's procedural rule violations should have shifted the burden of proof from him to the IRS, he has not claimed the burden of proof shifted because the IRS's deficiency determinations were arbitrary and excessive.