Nathaniel Carter, et al v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

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Case overview

Case Number:

24-11884

Court:

Appellate - 11th Circuit

Nature of Suit:

Agency 

  1. March 06, 2025

    IRS Can't Defend Slashing Of Easement Value, 11th Circ. Told

    Conservation easement donors whose charitable tax deduction was reduced by millions of dollars by the U.S. Tax Court criticized the Internal Revenue Service's defense of the decision, telling the Eleventh Circuit the ruling ignored copious evidence of the property's value underlying the donation's worth.

  2. January 14, 2025

    Easement Worth $1M, Not $18M, Gov't Tells 11th Circ.

    The U.S. Tax Court was right to believe expert testimony that a claimed conservation easement donation of roughly $18 million was only worth $1 million, the government told the Eleventh Circuit, urging it to reject the donors' claims that the expert was unreliable.

  3. October 18, 2024

    Tax Court Gave Short Shrift To Land Donors, 11th Circ. Told

    The owners of a waterfront property in Georgia who protected 500 acres for conservation told the Eleventh Circuit that the U.S. Tax Court drastically undercut the value of their gift and its corresponding tax deduction by accepting flawed evidence provided by the government's sole witness.