Legal Opinion

Service Bolt & Nut Co. Profit Sharing Trust v. Commissioner

United States Tax Court

Decided May 20, 1982No. Docket Nos. 1438-80, 1439-80, 1440-80PublishedCited by 48 opinions

Ps, profit-sharing trusts qualified under secs. 401(a) and 501(a), I.R.C. 1954, held limited partnership interests in several partnerships engaging in the wholesale fastener distribution business. Held, Ps realized "unrelated business taxable income" within the meaning of sec. 512, I.R.C. 1954, from their distributive shares of income from such partnerships. Held, further, additions to tax under sec. 6651(a)(1), I.R.C. 1954, imposed.

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Ps, profit-sharing trusts qualified under secs. 401(a) and 501(a), I.R.C. 1954, held limited partnership interests in several partnerships engaging in the wholesale fastener distribution business. Held, Ps realized "unrelated business taxable income" within the meaning of sec. 512, I.R.C. 1954, from their distributive shares of income from such partnerships. Held, further, additions to tax under sec. 6651(a)(1), I.R.C. 1954, imposed. Held, further, respondent is not estopped from asserting the deficiencies and additions to tax at issue.

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Nims, Judge:

In these consolidated cases, respondent determined the following deficiencies in petitioners’ Federal income taxes:

Docket No. TYE Deficiency Additions to tax sec. 6651(a)(1)2

1438-80 Service Bolt & Nut Co. Profit Sharing Trust 9/30/75 $38,946.72 $9,736.68

1439-80 Service Bolt & Nut of Akron, Inc. Profit Sharing Trust 12/31/74 12/31/75 9,146.07 3,163.72 2,286.52 790.93

1440-80 Service Bolt & Nut of Pennsylvania, Inc. Profit Sharing Trust 12/31/74 4,125.25 1,031.31

The issues for decision are: (1) Whether petitioners, as profit-sharing trusts qualified under sections 401(a) and…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Commissioner v. HansenSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
  2. George Van Camp & Sons Co. v. American Can Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1929
  3. West Side Tennis Club v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1940
  4. Braunstein v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. Heman v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1959

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3Cited by48 opinions

  1. Borchers v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1990
  2. Reinhardt v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1985
  3. Veterans of Foreign Wars, Dep't of Michigan v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1987
  4. Lair v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1990
  5. Leila G. Newhall Unitrust, Wells Fargo Bank, Trustee v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997

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