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The Accumulated Earnings Tax And The Problem Of Diversification, James C. Westin
The Accumulated Earnings Tax And The Problem Of Diversification, James C. Westin
Michigan Law Review
While diversification is now considered a legitimate corporate need authorizing the accumulation of earnings and profits, the present standards of the Regulations under section 531, which, in general, test the reasonableness of corporate accumulations by the requirement of "specific, definite, and feasible plans" for use of the funds, seem too restrictive in terms of the problems of diversification as outlined above. In light of this criticism and of recent developments, the purposes of this comment are (1) to indicate the basic principles of section 531, an understanding of which is vital to corporations anticipating retention of funds for the purpose …
Joint Tenancy: The Estate Lawyer's Continuing Burden, John E. Riecker
Joint Tenancy: The Estate Lawyer's Continuing Burden, John E. Riecker
Michigan Law Review
The discussion which follows will be divided into three major parts. First, it will be important to see why so much real and personal property remains in joint tenancy between husband and wife or in entireties tenancy. It has been almost eighteen years since Congress eliminated the necessity of holding property in this form in order to split income therefrom for income tax purposes. Is inertia the only reason for the popularity of joint ownership, or are there other reasons? Second, we shall review the familiar but false assumptions most laymen (and even a few attorneys) commonly make regarding the …
Uninsured Casualty Losses Are Within The Scope Of I.R.C. Section 1231--E. Taylor Chewning, Michigan Law Review
Uninsured Casualty Losses Are Within The Scope Of I.R.C. Section 1231--E. Taylor Chewning, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
Petitioners reported profits from the sale of breeding cattle as a long-term capital gain under section 1231 of the Internal Revenue Code. In the same return, petitioners deducted from ordinary income, under section 165(c)(3), losses sustained from the destruction of their uninsured residential shrubbery. The Commissioner disallowed the casualty-loss deduction from ordinary income, ruling that the loss was subject to the netting provisions of section 1231 and that, since the sale profits exceeded the casualty losses, the loss was to be characterized as a capital loss to be offset against the capital gain. Contrary to previous federal court decisions, the …
Private Federal Tax Rulings Are Governed By Standard Of Equality And Fairness Of Internal Revenue Code, Section 7805(B)--International Business Machines Corp. V. United States, Michigan Law Review
Private Federal Tax Rulings Are Governed By Standard Of Equality And Fairness Of Internal Revenue Code, Section 7805(B)--International Business Machines Corp. V. United States, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
In a private ruling the Commissioner of Internal Revenue concluded that certain computers produced by Remington Rand, International Business Machines' sole competitor in the manufacture of that type of computer, were not subject to a previously imposed excise tax. IBM immediately requested a similar ruling concerning its identical machines. After a 2½-year delay, the Commissioner ruled adversely on IBM's request and at the same time prospectively withdrew the favorable ruling from Remington. IBM thereupon sued to recover the tax paid during the period Remington enjoyed the exemption. The Court of Claims held, one judge dissenting, that when two taxpayers …
"Primarily For Sale" In I.R.C Sections 1221 And 1231 Held To Mean "Principally For Sale" Rather Than "Substantially For Sale" --Malat V. Riddell (U.S. 1966), Michigan Law Review
"Primarily For Sale" In I.R.C Sections 1221 And 1231 Held To Mean "Principally For Sale" Rather Than "Substantially For Sale" --Malat V. Riddell (U.S. 1966), Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
Sections 1221 and 1231 of the Internal Revenue Code disqualify from capital gains treatment profits derived from the sale or exchange of property "held by the taxpayer primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of his trade or business." In deciding whether these sections deny capital gains treatment to profits realized by real estate dealers from the sale or exchange of land, the circuit courts, while examining similar facts in relation to the same criteria, have reached divergent conclusions. Two recent decisions, Municipal Bond Corp. v. Commissioner and Malat v. Riddell, illustrate these discordant results. In Municipal …
Equitable Considerations Held Not Applicable To Defense Of Lack Of Overpayment--Dysart V. United States, Michigan Law Review
Equitable Considerations Held Not Applicable To Defense Of Lack Of Overpayment--Dysart V. United States, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
Taxpayer treated the proceeds of a judgment recovered in 1954 as capital gain. Although the Commissioner of Internal Revenue did not object to the capital-gain treatment, he assessed a penalty tax for failure to report the judgment in a declaration of estimated income for 1954. In 1958 the regulation providing for the penalty tax was declared invalid, and taxpayer filed a timely claim for refund. Although an independent affirmative action by the Commissioner contesting the 1954 return would have been barred by the statute of limitations, the Commissioner disallowed the refund, contending that because the proceeds of the 1954 judgment …