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Tax Depreciation Deductions In Year Of Sale
Tax Depreciation Deductions In Year Of Sale
Washington and Lee Law Review
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Retention Of Control Over Stock Constitutes "Ownership" Under Section 1239 Of The Internal Revenue Code-Harry Trotz, Michigan Law Review
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 …