An Action on Decision (AOD) is a formal memorandum prepared by the IRS Office of Chief Counsel that announces the future litigation position the IRS will take with regard to the court decision addressed by the AOD.

The following list initially presents these documents in reverse chronological order, from the present back to calendar year 1997.

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1999-03 Murillo v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 1998-13. This Action on Decision reflects the Service's acquiescence in the Court's conclusion, in this case, that the Individual Retirement Account (IRA) forfeiture was similar to the Service's levy on a Keogh account in Larotonda v. Commissioner, 89 T.C. 287 (1987) (involving the predecessor to section 72(t)), and was outside the class of early distributions that Congress intended to discourage in enacting section 72(t). 03/03/2000
1999-12 RJR Nabisco, Inc. et al. v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 1998-252. Reflects the Service's nonacquiescence in the Court's conclusion that held the graphic design and advertising campaign costs incurred by petitioner are currently deductible business expenses under I.R.C. §162. The Tax Court characterized the graphic design and advertising campaign costs as advertising costs and held the costs were deductible on the ground that the Service had conceded the deductibility of advertising costs in Rev. Rul. 92-80, 03/03/2000
1999-09 IRS v. Waldschmidt (In re Bradley), (M.D. Tenn. 1999). This Action on Decision reflects the Service's acquiescence in the Court's interpretation of amended setion 121 in light of section 1398 and declining to follow Mehr and Barden, held that a bankruptcy estate steps into the debtor's shoes for purposes of section 121. 03/03/2000
1999-05 St. Jude Medical, Inc. v Comm, 34 F. 3d 1394 (8th Cir. 1994). Reflects the conclusion by the Eighth Circuit that for purposes of calculating the CTI of a DISC, mandating the use of SIC categories to allocate R&D expenses is inconsistent with Congress's intent in enacting the DISC statute to allow costs to be allocated on a product-by-product basis or on the basis of product lines. The Court also stated that the mandated use of Section 1.861-8 by 03/03/2000
2000-02 Ahadpour v. Comm., T.C. Memo. 1999-9. This Action on Decision reflects the Service's acquiescence in the Court's conclusion, to the extent, that the Tax Court held that petitioners had only a conditional right to retain the escrow payments. In the court's view, the unconditional right to retain the escrow payments arose only after buyer paid the remainder of the purchase price and the deed was delivered. 03/03/2000
1999-16 Conway v. Commissioner, 111 T.C. 350 (1998) Reflects the Service's acquiescence in the Court's conclusion that held that the transaction was a nontaxable exchange pursuant to section 1035. Consequently, the 10-percent penalty under section 72(q), which generally applies to taxable distributions from an annuity, was not applicable to the transaction. Section 1035(a)(3) provides that no gain or loss shall be recognized on the exchange of an annuity contract for another annuity contract. See also Treas 03/03/2000