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WASHINGTON, D.C. - From AT&T Wireless' past has come a potential tax bill for tens of millions of dollars.
The Redmond-based company found itself facing the setback after the Internal Revenue Service denied Lin Cellular Communications Corp., a predecessor company, $239.3 million in tax deductions for commissions, fees and depreciation.
AB Cellular Holdings, a partnership that owned Lin, filed five petitions asking the U.S. Tax Court here to overturn the IRS ruling adjusting Lin's 1987-92 and 1994 tax returns. AT&T acquired Lin under a $12.6 billion 1994 merger with McCaw Cellular Communications.
"It would be inappropriate to comment because we have to review the case," Mark Siegel, vice president of communications for AT&T Wireless, said Friday. "I'm not familiar with the case."
Gerald A. Kafka, a Washington, D.C., tax attorney for the company, said Friday that he would "have no comment. I do not comment on...