United States' Motion to Exclude Expert Testimony of Plaintiffs'
United States' Motion to Exclude Expert Testimony of Plaintiffs'
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his case (by showing that admitting Beneficial as a member <strong>of</strong>BPB did not change non-tax economics <strong>of</strong> the transactions forBeal) but Dubinsky ignores the relationship between Beal andBeneficial when that is more convenient for his argument (as inhis search for the missing management services agreement).Dubinsky's Janus-faced approach is difficult <strong>to</strong> understand.Dubinsky posits that the real reason Beneficial was addedas a member <strong>of</strong> BPB was <strong>to</strong> make it more difficult for the IRS <strong>to</strong>see the foreign currency losses at issue in this case on anaudi t <strong>of</strong> Beal' s individual tax return. (Dubinsky at 25.)Dubinsky does not claim that Beal' s return preparer filled outhis tax return improperly and he <strong>of</strong>fers no support for his claimthat obfuscation was Beal's purpose, rather than simply anunintended effect, if it had that effect at all.WAS THERE ANY NON-TAX PUROSE FOR THE PURCHASE OF 165,000 SHASOF SOLUTION 6 STOCK?Dubinsky claims not <strong>to</strong> have "seen any evidence that(Bemont's) purchase <strong>of</strong> 165,000 shares <strong>of</strong> Solution 6 s<strong>to</strong>ck was infurtherance <strong>of</strong> any true business goal."(Dubinsky at 26.) AtMontgomery's deposition the following exchange <strong>to</strong>ok place:Q. Why would (Bemont) Investments or Bemontbuy 165,000 shares in Solution 6 s<strong>to</strong>ck inNovember <strong>of</strong> 2001?A (Montgomery). I think several things mayhave entered in<strong>to</strong> the discussion at thatpoint in time. One, we had the cash- 16 -