Brian Benson v. CIR, No. 18-3526 (8th Cir. 2019)
Annotate this CaseCourt Description: Per Curiam. Before Colloton, Wollman, and Erickson, Circuit Judges] Tax Court - Tax. Tax Court did not abuse its discretion in denying request for innocent spouse relief under 26 U.S.C. sec. 6015. [ August 01, 2019
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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 18-3526 ___________________________ Brian Benson, lllllllllllllllllllllAppellant, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, lllllllllllllllllAppellee. ____________ Appeal from The United States Tax Court ____________ Submitted: July 30, 2019 Filed: August 2, 2019 [Unpublished] ____________ Before COLLOTON, WOLLMAN, and ERICKSON, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. Brian Benson appeals from a tax court decision1 which sustained the Commissioner of Internal Revenue’s determination denying his request for innocent spouse relief under 26 U.S.C. § 6015. We review the tax court’s determination 1 The Honorable Richard T. Morrison, United States Tax Court Judge. whether to award equitable relief under § 6015(f) for abuse of discretion. We conclude on review of the record that the tax court did not abuse its discretion, and we therefore affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________ -2-
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