U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1971

James R. Lockwood and Joyce M. Lockwood v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

James R. Lockwood and Joyce M. Lockwood v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided January 15, 1971 · Chambers, Ely, Kilkenny, Per Curiam
435 F.2d 1308; 27 A.F.T.R.2d (RIA) 71 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

James R. Lockwood and Joyce M. Lockwood v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Opinion

PER CURIAM:

The decision of the tax court is affirmed except as to the assessment of a negligence penalty on the wife’s separate return.

The deficiencies found in reporting were simply the resolution of factual questions.

The case on the deficiencies could have been resolved the other way, but we cannot find the tax court was clearly erroneous.

As to Mrs. Lockwood, the record seems clear that she was wholly inert in the business transactions and the tax reporting. We cannot sustain the small negligence penalty as to her.

Remanded for proceedings consistent herewith.

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