After being disbarred for bringing numerous unmeritorious litigations and being declared a vexatious litigant (one trial judge wrote in a statement of decision that the taxpayer is “a relentless bully” who displays “terrifying arrogance”), a former attorney found himself in Tax Court regarding disallowed Schedule C expenses. The claimed Schedule C business activities did not generate a profit and mostly stemmed from litigation relating to challenging the taxpayer’s disbarment and lawsuits that would otherwise personally benefit him. He deducted court filing fees, life insurance policy expenses, and various utility expenses, none of which were allowable expenses because the taxpayer failed to show that he engaged in any business activities for the year at issue. (Kinney v. Comm., TCM 2022-81)
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