Quality Stores and the Status of Revenue Rulings
Patrick J. Smith
Ivins, Phillips & Barker
September 9, 2013
Tax Notes, Vol. 140, pp. 1089-1097, Sept. 9, 2013
The issue in Quality Stores is whether the supplemental unemployment compensation benefits that are excluded from taxable wages for FICA purposes are determined by a series of IRS revenue rulings, as the government contends, or by the statutory definition of supplemental unemployment compensation benefits, as the taxpayer contends. The government does not explain how revenue rulings can provide the definitive legal answer. Nor does it even attempt to defend the correctness of the positions expressed in the rulings. The taxpayer’s position is coherent and sensible, whereas the government presents no supportable alternative. As a result, the taxpayer’s position clearly must be preferred.
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Keywords: tax, administrative law, Chevron, Mead, IRS, revenue rulingsAccepted Paper Series
Date posted: September 10, 2013
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