Seaview Trading v. CIR

An entity's disregarded status did not preclude its classification as a pass-thru partner under the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act (TEFRA), 26 U.S.C. 6231. In this case, Robert Kotick and his father formed Seaview Trading. Kotick filed a petition challenging a notice of Final Partnership Administrative Adjustment (FPAA). The Ninth Circuit affirmed the tax court's dismissal of the petition, holding that Seaview provided no compelling reason to contravene the consistent stance of the IRS and the tax courts, which have uniformly treated disregarded single-member LLCs as pass-thru partners. The panel also held that, because a party (Kotick) other than Seaview's tax matters partner filed a petition for readjustment of partnership items after AGK had done the same and within 90 days of the IRS's mailing of the FPAA, the tax court lacked jurisdiction under 26 U.S.C. 6226. View "Seaview Trading v. CIR" on Justia Law