10th Circuit Rejects Billionaire Philip Anschutz's Tax Shelter

The Tenth Circuit yesterday affirmed the Tax Court's disallowance of billionaire Philip Anschutz's use of variable prepaid forward contracts with Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette to avoid $144 million in capital gains taxes. Anschutz Co. v. Commissioner, No 11-9001 (Dec, 27, 2011).

• Denver Business Journal
• Denver Post
• L.A. Times

Prior TaxProf Blog coverage:

• WSJ:  IRS Targets Billionaire's Variable Prepaid Forward Contract Tax Strategy (June 9, 2008)
• Johnston:  Anschutz and a 21st Century Tax System (May 10, 2010)
• Tax Court Rejects Billionaire Anschutz's Use of Variable Prepaid Forward Contracts to Avoid $144m Capital Gain (July 23, 2010)
• More on the Crackdown on the Anschutz Tax Shelter (Aug. 2, 2010)
• Johnston:  Anschutz Will Cost Taxpayers More Than the Billionaire (Aug. 2, 2010)