Fall River Canning Co. v. Department of Taxation

The appellant claims the right to offset the net business losses of the four corporations that were merged with it, under the provisions of sec. 71.06, Stats. That section provides that if a taxpayer sustains a net business loss such loss may be offset against the net business income of the taxpayer the following year, and if not all used during the next fiscal year the remainder of such business loss may be offset against the income of the taxpayer the next following year.

The issue to be decided is whether the Fall River Canning-Company is the taxpayer that sustained the net business loss…