Tax Court - University of Idaho Tax Clinic Victorious in § 6015 Petition

Congratulations go out to the University of Idaho Tax Clinic for their recent victory in Tax Court:

       The United States Tax Court decision granted full relief to a client after a trial conducted by student Casey Carter in Las Vegas last October (Tax Court Docket No. 023720-05, T.C. Summ. 2008-121, September 16, 2008).  The case involved a doctrine commonly known as innocent spouse relief, an area of tax law in which full relief is typically difficult to obtain at trial.

            Additionally, student Chelsea Kidney, with outstanding trial preparation assistance from Tayah Renfro, conducted an excellent trial in United States Tax Court in Boise last week (Tax Court Docket No. 020851-07S, bench opinion, September 10, 2008).  The result was partial relief for the client, in a case that Prof. Stewart felt would be very difficult to win. 

University of Idaho law students currently enrolled in the tax clinic are preparing several cases set for trial next month in Spokane and Las Vegas. -jl