Can an accountant's interpretation of the tax laws be relied upon by a taxpayer?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Smith, 155 Cal.App.3d 1103, 203 Cal.Rptr. 196 (Cal. App. 1984):

"[T]hat loans which are not actually such are income, is beyond argument. If the Pomponios intended to repay the advances, the sums advanced to them did not constitute reportable income, as the jury was instructed. While there may be instances in which an accountant's interpretation of the tax laws can justifiably be relied upon by a taxpayer, even if erroneous, see United States v. Pechenik, 236 F.2d 844 (3d Cir.1956), certainly these cannot include cases where the only real question bearing on the correctness of the returns, as here, is one of the taxpayer's own intent.

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