Remler

MEMORANDUM **

Michael Paul Remler and his wife Pauline M. Velez, appeal pro se from the tax court’s judgment in favor of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue holding that the Internal Revenue Service properly issued a notice of deficiency for tax years 1999 and 2000 because petitioners were not entitled to claim as deductions monies spent on the special education of their autistic child because it was not a bona fide business activity entered into for profit. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 7482 . We review for clear error the issue of whether a taxpayer engages in an activity with the requisite intent of making a profit. Wolf v. CIR, 4 F.3d 709, 712-13 (9th Cir.1993). We affirm.

The tax court did not err by determining petitioners did not engage in the special education of their son with the primary intent of making a profit as defined by 26 U.S.C. § 183 after carefully analyzing nine factors and finding petitioners satisfied only one. See Treas. Reg. § 1.183-2 (b) (stating the nine factors to be considered when assessing whether an activity is engaged in for profit); Hill v. CIR, 204 F.3d 1214, 1218 (9th Cir.2000) (tax court’s determination that petitioners lacked…