Précis: The taxpayers, husband and wife, were reassessed on a net worth basis for the 2009-2011 taxation years. The taxpayers made three arguments:
1. The wife, Mrs. Sycheva, had received a gift of $422,000 U.S. in 2005 from the estate of her late parents which the taxpayers kept intact until 2009 and used to cover some of their expenses in the years under appeal.
2. They claimed to have received a loan of $119,000 Cdn. from a Mr. Kogan in January of 2009 which was repaid in cash in 2011. They argued that the repayment was made from the funds saved from the 2005 gift from the estate of Mrs. Sycheva’s parents.
3. They claimed to have received a loan of $123,000 Cdn. from a Mr. Kravchenko in January of 2009 which was repaid in cash in late 2010. Again, they argued that the repayment was made from the funds saved from the 2005 gift from the estate of Mrs. Sycheva’s parents.
The Tax Court accepted the evidence of the Kogan loan but rejected the taxpayers’ other two arguments. Since the success on the appeal was split, the Court made no order as to costs.
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