SHORTHORN GENETIC ENG'G 1982-2, LTD. v. COMMISSIONER

1996 T.C. Memo. 515, 72 T.C.M. 1306, 1996 Tax Ct. Memo LEXIS 531
CourtUnited States Tax Court
DecidedNovember 20, 1996
DocketDocket Nos. 22003-89, 22008-89, 22069-89, 22070-89, 24514-89, 27641-89, 27675-89, 28383-89, 28384-89, 28491-89, 28492-89, 29260-89, 29295-89, 29854-89, 29855-89, 29856-89, 30478-89, 30479-89, 20224-90, 21463-90, 21954-90, 23531-90, 28577-90.
StatusUnpublished
Cited by2 cases

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SHORTHORN GENETIC ENG'G 1982-2, LTD. v. COMMISSIONER, 1996 T.C. Memo. 515, 72 T.C.M. 1306, 1996 Tax Ct. Memo LEXIS 531 (tax 1996).

Opinion

SHORTHORN GENETIC ENGINEERING 1982-2, LTD., SHORTHORN GENETIC ENGINEERING 1982-4, LTD., SHORTHORN GENETIC ENGINEERING 1982-5, LTD., WALTER J. HOYT III, TAX MATTERS PARTNER, ET AL., 1 Petitioner v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
SHORTHORN GENETIC ENG'G 1982-2, LTD. v. COMMISSIONER
Docket Nos. 22003-89, 22008-89, 22069-89, 22070-89, 24514-89, 27641-89, 27675-89, 28383-89, 28384-89, 28491-89, 28492-89, 29260-89, 29295-89, 29854-89, 29855-89, 29856-89, 30478-89, 30479-89, 20224-90, 21463-90, 21954-90, 23531-90, 28577-90.
United States Tax Court
T.C. Memo 1996-515; 1996 Tax Ct. Memo LEXIS 531; 72 T.C.M. (CCH) 1306;
November 20, 1996, Filed
Walter J. Hoyt III (tax matters partner), pro se.
Gary*535 L. Blackburn (participant other than tax matters partner), pro se.
Margaret A. Martin, for respondent.
DAWSON, Judge; GOLDBERG, Special Trial Judge

DAWSON, GOLDBERG

MEMORANDUM FINDINGS OF FACT AND OPINION

DAWSON, Judge: These consolidated cases were assigned to Special Trial Judge Stanley J. Goldberg pursuant to section 7443A(b)(4) and Rules 180, 181, and 183. 2 The Court agrees with and adopts the opinion of the Special Trial Judge which is set forth below.

OPINION OF THE SPECIAL TRIAL JUDGE

GOLDBERG, Special Trial Judge: Respondent issued a notice of final partnership administrative adjustments to each limited partnership involved in these consolidated cases, determining adjustments in the amounts and for the tax years as set forth in the Appendix.

Walter J. Hoyt III (petitioner), the tax matters partner for*536 each limited partnership (referred to collectively as partnerships) involved herein, filed a petition for redetermination of the partnership adjustments. All issues, except one, have been settled by stipulations so that the only remaining issue for decision is the proper allocation of partnership items to the partners to be calculated in accordance with a settlement agreement dated May 20, 1993, entered into between Walter J. Hoyt III, and respondent's Sacramento, California, Appeals Office. At trial, respondent submitted a proposed decision document in each case and moved for summary judgment. If we find that respondent's method for calculating the allocations is proper, then the parties agree that the amounts shown on the proposed decision documents are correct.

This Court had previously considered the tax consequences of the Hoyt family cattle breeding operations in Bales v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 1989-568. As a result of our opinion in Bales v. Commissioner, supra, on May 20, 1993, Walter J. Hoyt III, the general partner and tax matters partner, entered into the settlement with respondent's Sacramento, California, *537 Appeals Office, setting forth the basis for settling all Hoyt cattle partnership cases for the taxable years 1980 through 1986.

FINDINGS OF FACT

Some of the facts have been stipulated and are so found. The stipulation of facts and the exhibits received into evidence are incorporated by this reference.

All the partnerships are limited partnerships formed to engage in the business of cattle breeding. The partnerships were organized under the laws of the States of California and Nevada. The limited partners obtained interests in the partnerships by executing subscription agreements.

The partnerships purchased the cattle used in their breeding operations from Hoyt & Sons Ranches (Ranches). In payment for the cattle purchased, the partnerships executed promissory notes to Ranches. Thereafter, the partners signed assumption of liability agreements, thereby assuming personal liability for these recourse partnership liabilities. Principal payments on the notes became due starting in the sixth year after the notes were executed.

Pursuant to the settlement agreement (the agreement), the numbers of cattle deemed to be held by the partnerships were reduced. Accordingly, the amount of principal*538 on each of the notes payable to Ranches was treated as reduced. The agreement provides that this new principal amount is the amount of partnership debt to be treated as personally assumed by the partners.

The agreement further provides:

Each partner's profit and loss sharing percentage is determined annually by comparing the partner's capital account to the aggregate of the capital accounts of all partners in the partnership. This determination is made based on the total capital owned, not the total capital originally subscribed.

* * * *

The amount of liabilities assumed personally by the partners during the first year of the partnership will be based on original subscription agreements, and will be provided by Walter J. Hoyt within one week after the partnership spreadsheet is submitted to him for review and/or correction.

All partners who originally assumed personal liability for a portion of the partnership debt during the first year of the partnership -- whether they are now determined to be active or inactive partners -- will be assigned a share of the lower amount of recognized partnership debt described above. Each partner's share will be the exact same*539 percentage as his/her share of the partnership debt originally assumed.

The agreement defines active partners as those who continue to honor their obligations to Ranches and continue to participate in the partnership and inactive partners as those who have walked away from their note obligations and/or no longer participate in the partnership.

As an alternative, respondent made a settlement offer to the partners on an individual basis. The terms of the offer provided generally that a partner who accepted would be allowed a deduction for any cash paid to the "Hoyt Organization" in the year of payment.

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