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Tax Aspects Of Jury Valuation Of Future Earnings, John J. Kennett Jan 1957

Tax Aspects Of Jury Valuation Of Future Earnings, John J. Kennett

Cleveland State Law Review

Whether or not a jury should be instructed, in a personal injury case, that its verdict is exempt from federal income taxation, has been much discussed recently. A most practical element in this problem is the difference between "gross pay" and "take-home pay" in computing the present value of future earnings, when estimating damages. The real question presented by the topic concerns impairment, or deprivation, of future earning capacity. Some of the early English cases which I shall mention considered earnings lost between the time of injury and the time of trial, in addition to the impairment of future earning …


Tax Considerations In Organizing A Corporation, Marvin D. Kelner Jan 1957

Tax Considerations In Organizing A Corporation, Marvin D. Kelner

Cleveland State Law Review

It is almost impossible, and certainly impractical, to prepare a definitive checklist of incorporation procedures, which will guarantee complete safeguard for all of the "watchdog sections" of the present Internal Revenue Code and further guarantee the lowest tax burden for the corporation and its stockholders. The most that any careful lawyer can do is to apply known and foreseeable procedures, which have been tried and tested in the courts, to any particular company he is engaged in incorporating.