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Commentary On General Relief Under The Excess Profits Tax Act Of 1950, Thomas N. Tarleau
Commentary On General Relief Under The Excess Profits Tax Act Of 1950, Thomas N. Tarleau
Michigan Law Review
Analysis of an excess profits tax involves inquiries which are essentially foreign to the concepts of ordinary income taxation. The question of excess profits arises only after taxable income has been defined and characterized, its recipients determined and the time of receipt established. The problem is to divide taxable income into two components, one representing the corporation's normal profits, which it is permitted to enjoy free of the penalty tax, and the balance which is deemed to be "profits due to the outbreak of hostilities and to large military expenditures." Under the Excess Profits Tax Act of 1950, as was …