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Stock Received In Lieu Of Salary By Stockholder-Employees Whose Proportionate Interest Remains Unchanged Is Taxable Income--Commissioner V. Fender Sales, Inc., Michigan Law Review Nov 1965

Stock Received In Lieu Of Salary By Stockholder-Employees Whose Proportionate Interest Remains Unchanged Is Taxable Income--Commissioner V. Fender Sales, Inc., Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

Transactions involving forgiveness by stockholder-employees of corporate indebtedness are shrouded in legal uncertainty. The conflicting positions espoused by the Commissioner, the Tax Court, and the circuit court in the principal case focus attention on a few salient problems. The Commissioner, in arguing that the receipt of stock by the individual taxpayers constituted taxable income, considered the individuals solely as employees, believing it immaterial that they were also stockholders. Thus, he reasoned that when they, as employees, received stock in payment of their accrued salaries, they realized income. In contrast, the Tax Court viewed the individual taxpayers as stockholders who had …


Retention Of Control Over Stock Constitutes "Ownership" Under Section 1239 Of The Internal Revenue Code-Harry Trotz, Michigan Law Review Jun 1965

Retention Of Control Over Stock Constitutes "Ownership" Under Section 1239 Of The Internal Revenue Code-Harry Trotz, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

Petitioner set up a corporation, retaining seventy-nine per cent of the stock and -distributing the remainder to a third party. The third party borrowed from petitioner, pledging his stock as security and executing an option agreement under which the petitioner could recover the stock at any time. Subsequently, the newly organized corporation purchased all the depreciable assets of petitioner's proprietorship at a price in excess of their adjusted basis; petitioner reported the difference as a capital gain. The Commissioner declared a deficiency, relying on section 1239 of the Internal Revenue Code, which treats as ordinary income the gain recognized from …


The Regulation Of Investment Advice: Subscription Advisers And Fiduciary Duties, Charles G. Nickson May 1965

The Regulation Of Investment Advice: Subscription Advisers And Fiduciary Duties, Charles G. Nickson

Michigan Law Review

In the landmark decision of SEC v. Capital Gains Research Bureau, Inc., the United States Supreme Court upheld the Commission's interpretation of an adviser's quasi-fiduciary status under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 by holding fraudulent the failure of a subscription adviser to disclose to his clients his practice of acquiring securities before recommending their purchase, with the intent to resell immediately after the recommendation. It is the purpose of this comment to examine the major problems attending the dissemination of investment advice by subscription advisers, to evaluate those problems in the light of the higher standards of disclosure …


The Federal Securities Act And The Locked-In Stockholder, Neil Flanagin May 1965

The Federal Securities Act And The Locked-In Stockholder, Neil Flanagin

Michigan Law Review

The Securities Act of 1933 is generally identified with Securities and Exchange Commission registration and the attendant disclosure for primary and secondary public offerings of securities. Because of the uncertain scope of the registration requirements, however, it has the practical effect of seriously restricting certain security holders in selling or dealing in their securities. Security holders so restricted may be underwriters themselves or persons considered to be underwriters for the particular transaction. The difficulties arise in determining which security holders are included within this class and which transactions by those parties are affected. It is to these problems that the …


The Solely-For-Voting-Stock Requirement In "B" Reorganizations Satisfied By Cash Payments For Fractional Shares-Mills V. Commissioner, Michigan Law Review Apr 1965

The Solely-For-Voting-Stock Requirement In "B" Reorganizations Satisfied By Cash Payments For Fractional Shares-Mills V. Commissioner, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

The Internal Revenue Code requires recognition of gains or losses realized upon a sale or exchange of property. An exception to this general rule is found in section 354(a)(1), the basic nonrecognition provision for stock-for-stock reorganizations. This section provides that a stockholder need not recognize gains or losses "if stock or securities in a corporation a party to a reorganization are, in pursuance of the plan of reorganization, exchanged solely for stock or securities in such corporation or in another corporation a party to the reorganization." However, before section 354 can be reached, the exchange must satisfy one of the …


Proof Of Scienter Necessary In A Private Suit Under Sec Anti-Fraud Rule 10b-5, Michigan Law Review Apr 1965

Proof Of Scienter Necessary In A Private Suit Under Sec Anti-Fraud Rule 10b-5, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

Of the vast amounts of statutory and quasi-statutory material governing the securities business, the Securities and Exchange Commission's rule 10b-51 has potentially the greatest direct importance to the largest number of people. While several provisions in the government's regulatory scheme set more or less specific standards of conduct for securities issuers, broker-dealers, or corporate insiders, the anti-fraud provisions of rule 10b-5 apply to all persons directly or indirectly connected with any sale or purchase of securities transacted through a facility of interstate commerce, the mails, or on a national exchange. In its three clauses, rule 10b-5 forbids any person (1) …


Recovery Of Accrued But Unpaid Interest On War-Lost Investments Taxed As Capital Gain To Extent It Exceeds Basis-Horst V. United States, Michigan Law Review Feb 1965

Recovery Of Accrued But Unpaid Interest On War-Lost Investments Taxed As Capital Gain To Extent It Exceeds Basis-Horst V. United States, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

Prior to the United States entry into World War II, taxpayer acquired certain Japanese bonds. In December 1941, pursuant to section 127(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939, he suffered a war loss with respect to these investments and took the proper deduction. When trading restrictions on Japanese bonds were lifted in 1950, taxpayer enjoyed a war loss recovery. At that time, bonds of this type were being traded flat, the quoted price reflecting both principal and accrued but unpaid interest thereon to the date of recovery. As the defaulted interest coupons were paid on their extended maturity dates, …