Comments on: Tax Court Update – October 2008: Burden of Proof in Tax Court http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2008/10/11/tax-court-update-october-2008/ Pappas on Taxation Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:09:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Peter http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2008/10/11/tax-court-update-october-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-353 Peter Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:15:30 +0000 http://blog.pappastax.com/?p=1052#comment-353 We don't know all the details. He may be the best tax lawyer this side of the Mason Dixon. Maybe his client insisted on going to tax court. But those are the cases you have to decline. I would think, based on Judge Thornton's opinion, that Arnold might have a malpractice claim against his attorney. But in order to recover anything, he'd have to be able to prove that he would have won had it not been for his lawyer's unpreparedness. We don’t know all the details. He may be the best tax lawyer this side of the Mason Dixon. Maybe his client insisted on going to tax court.

But those are the cases you have to decline.

I would think, based on Judge Thornton’s opinion, that Arnold might have a malpractice claim against his attorney.

But in order to recover anything, he’d have to be able to prove that he would have won had it not been for his lawyer’s unpreparedness.

]]> By: Bruce http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2008/10/11/tax-court-update-october-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-346 Bruce Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:22:22 +0000 http://blog.pappastax.com/?p=1052#comment-346 Having that done, and now a matter of public record pretty much ends your carrier as a tax attorney. Doesn't it? Having that done, and now a matter of public record pretty much ends your carrier as a tax attorney.

Doesn’t it?

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