Reports of the Tax Court of the United States, Volume 72

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Page 553 - That whenever in the opinion of the Commissioner the use of inventories is necessary in order clearly to determine the income of any taxpayer, inventories shall be taken by such taxpayer upon such basis as the Commissioner, with the approval of the Secretary, may prescribe as conforming as nearly as may be to the best accounting practice in the trade or business and as most clearly reflecting the income.
Page 563 - partnership" Includes a syndicate, group, pool. Joint venture, or other unincorporated organization, through or by means of which any business, financial operation, or venture is carried on, and which Is not, within the meaning of this title, a trust or estate or a corporation; and the term "partner" includes a member In such a syndicate, group, pool.
Page 519 - ... personal holding company income as defined in section 543, and if at any time during the last half of the taxable year more than 50 percent in value of its outstanding stock is owned, directly or indirectly, by or for not more than five individuals. (Sections 541-547.) Foreign personal holding companies. — Section 551 (a) requires that the undistributed foreign personal holding company...
Page 305 - ... (c) Guaranteed payments. To the extent determined without regard to the income of the partnership, payments to a partner for services or the use of capital shall be considered as made to one who is not a member of the partnership, but only for the purposes of section 61 (a) (relating to gross income) and section 162 (a) (relating to trade or business expenses).
Page 890 - Secretary or his delegate that such transfer was not In pursuance of a plan having as one of Its principal purposes the avoidance of Federal Income taxes.
Page 86 - ... recovery exclusion", with respect to a bad debt, prior tax, or delinquency amount, means the amount, determined in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary or his delegate, of the deductions or credits allowed, on account of such bad debt, prior tax, or delinquency amount, which did not result In a reduction of the taxpayer's tax under this...
Page 349 - In the case of an individual, all the ordinary and necessary expenses paid or incurred during the taxable year for the production or collection of income, or for the management, conservation, or maintenance of property held for the production of income.
Page 737 - ... ordinary and necessary expenses paid or incurred in carrying on a trade or business.
Page 771 - A statutory discrimination will not be set aside if any state of facts reasonably may be conceived to justify it.
Page 85 - This paragraph shall not apply to a disposition to an organization (other than a cooperative described in section 521) which is exempt from the tax imposed by this chapter.

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