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Business Organizations Law

Seattle University School of Law

1977

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A Different Look At The Taxation Of Corporate Distribution And Shareholder Gain, Charles O'Kelley Jan 1977

A Different Look At The Taxation Of Corporate Distribution And Shareholder Gain, Charles O'Kelley

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The taxation of corporate distributions and shareholder gain is an area of the Internal Revenue Code which has fostered a seemingly never-ending yet never-successful attempt by the Courts and Congress to design a coherent, non-discriminatory regime. In this article, Professor O'Kelley sets forth a proposal for a logical system for treating corporate distributions to shareholders which would strengthen the double tax scheme, and eliminate its present loopholes.