Step or No Step-Holman Case

Published: June 8, 2008, 1:53 p.m.

b'This week we look at the step transaction doctrine and where the line is drawn when we deal with the application of the step transaction doctrine in the formation of a family limited partnership.\\xa0 The IRS attempted to use their victory in the Senda case to get the same result in the case we\'ll look at this week, Holman v. Commissioner, 130 TC No. 12.\\xa0 But in an opinion that reminds of the importance of the facts of the specific case in question, the Tax Court refused to take that step.

Materials for this week\'s podcast can be downloaded from http://edzollars.com/2008_06_09_Holman.pdf .

The podcast is sponsored by Leimberg Information Services, located on the web at http://www.leimbergservices.com .
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