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<html><head></head><body>Interesting case, this Begay v. Commissioner. The court rejects Religious Freedom Restoration Act and Equal Protection claims, holding that a Navajo elder’s care of a nephew is insufficient to confer the required status for deductions under the Internal Revenue Code. … <a href="http://turtletalk.wordpress.com/2013/01/21/us-tax-court-rejects-navajo-elders-claim-that-nephew-is-dependent-under-tribal-common-law/">Continue reading →</a><figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter max-w-golden mx-auto text-center"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" alt="" border="0" src="/api/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2Fstats.wordpress.com%2Fb.gif%3Fhost%3Dturtletalk.wordpress.com%26blog%3D1804110%26post%3D30659%26subd%3Dturtletalk%26ref%3D%26feed%3D1" width="1" height="1" class="next-image object-cover"></figure> <a target="blank" href="http://turtletalk.wordpress.com/2013/01/21/us-tax-court-rejects-navajo-elders-claim-that-nephew-is-dependent-under-tribal-common-law/">read more</a>
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Interesting case, this Begay v. Commissioner. The court rejects Religious Freedom Restoration Act and Equal Protection claims, holding that a Navajo elder’s care of a nephew is insufficient to confer the required status for deductions under the Internal Revenue Code. … <a href="http://turtletalk.wordpress.com/2013/01/21/us-tax-court-rejects-navajo-elders-claim-that-nephew-is-dependent-under-tribal-common-law/">Continue reading →</a>

US Tax Court Rejects Navajo Elder’s Claim that Nephew is Dependent under Tribal Common Law