By: Derek Hawkins//May 2, 2017//
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Case Name: Alaa I. Musa v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Case No.: 16-1841
Officials: BAUER, SYKES, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.
Focus: Duty of Consistency – Tax
The central issue in this appeal from the Tax Court is how to apply the “duty of consistency,” an equitable tax doctrine analogous to judicial estoppel, which prevents a party from prevailing in a court proceeding by taking one position and then taking a contradictory position in a later case. See Kielmar v. Commissioner, 884 F.2d 959, 965 (7th Cir. 1989). The Tax Court correctly applied the duty of consistency in this case to prevent a taxpayer’s unfair tactic to minimize the consequences of his fraud.
Affirmed