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Section 112(B)(6): Benefit Or Burden?, Raymond Whiteaker
Section 112(B)(6): Benefit Or Burden?, Raymond Whiteaker
Vanderbilt Law Review
The general provision in the Internal Revenue Code pertaining to the liquidation of corporations is section 115 (c). Under this section gain or loss on a liquidation is recognized to the extent that the assets received in liquidation exceed or fail to exceed the basis of the share-holder's stock. An exception to this general rule, however, is provided by section 112(b) (6) whereby a parent may liquidate a subsidiary without recognizing any gain or loss on the liquidation if the statutory requirements are met.
The nonrecognition provision first appeared in the Revenue Act of 1935 as section 110 (a).' This …
"Fair And Equitable" Distribution Of Voting Power Under The Public Utility Holding Company Act Of 1935, Leo W. Leary
"Fair And Equitable" Distribution Of Voting Power Under The Public Utility Holding Company Act Of 1935, Leo W. Leary
Michigan Law Review
In the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 Congress gave the Securities and Exchange Commission the task of investigating voting power distribution among security holders in electric and gas holding companies and their subsidiaries. If the Commission finds that the corporate structure or continued existence of any company in a holding company system "unfairly or inequitably" distributes voting power among the investors in the system, it is the Commission's duty to order the offending corporation to take "such steps as the Commission shall find necessary" to cure this condition. This paper is an attempt to ascertain what the Commission …