876 F2d 897 Portland Golf Club v. Commissioner Internal Revenue Service
876 F.2d 897
Unpublished Disposition
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PORTLAND GOLF CLUB, Petitioner-Appellee,
v.
COMMISSIONER INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, Respondent-Appellant.
No. 88-7218.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted March 6, 1989.
Decided June 1, 1989.
Before CANBY, DAVID R. THOMPSON, and LEAVY, Circuit Judges.
MEMORANDUM*
In North Ridge Country Club v. C.I.R., we recently held that a social club's losses from a non-member activity are not deductible under I.R.C. Sec. 512(a) unless that activity was entered into with the intent of producing gains in excess of direct costs (costs related to the non-member activity) and indirect costs (overhead and other fixed expenses). In so doing, we reversed the tax court's decision, since we concluded the court applied the wrong legal standards for profit under section 512(a).
The tax court decided this case by applying the same standards we rejected in North Ridge. Because Portland Golf Club could have reported gains in excess of direct and indirect costs, but did not do so, relying on a method of allocation stipulated to be reasonable by the Commissioner, we REMAND this case to the tax court for a determination of whether Portland Golf Club engaged in its non-member activities with the intent required under North Ridge to deduct its losses from those activities.
REMANDED.
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