Legal Opinion

Pechiney Ugine Kuhlmann Corp. v. Commissioner

United States Tax Court

Decided June 17, 1986No. Docket No. 276-81Unpublished

Petitioner (P) is a Delaware corporation which owned certain interest bearing convertible debentures of H, another Delaware corporation. P sold the debentures on June 18, 1970, at fair market value to I, a Netherlands Antilles corporation which was an indirectly wholly owned foreign subsidiary of one of P's two foreign corporate shareholders. P sustained a $5,078,691 capital loss which generated a $720,163 net operating loss carryback to P's 1969 tax year.

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Petitioner (P) is a Delaware corporation which owned certain interest bearing convertible debentures of H, another Delaware corporation. P sold the debentures on June 18, 1970, at fair market value to I, a Netherlands Antilles corporation which was an indirectly wholly owned foreign subsidiary of one of P's two foreign corporate shareholders. P sustained a $5,078,691 capital loss which generated a $720,163 net operating loss carryback to P's 1969 tax year. Held, the capital loss sustained by P is allowable as a deduction under section 165, I.R.C. 1954.

1Opinion of the Court

PECHINEY UGINE KUHLMANN CORP. AND SUBSIDIARY FORMERLY: PECHINEY ENTERPRISES, INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES, Petitioner v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent

Pechiney Ugine Kuhlmann Corp. v. Commissioner

Docket No. 276-81.

United States Tax Court

T.C. Memo 1986-244; 1986 Tax Ct. Memo LEXIS 363; 51 T.C.M. (CCH) 1210; T.C.M. (RIA) 86244;

June 17, 1986.

Petitioner (P) is a Delaware corporation which owned certain interest bearing convertible debentures of H, another Delaware corporation. P sold the debentures on June 18, 1970, at fair market value to I, a Netherlands Antilles corporation…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Higgins v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  2. Falsetti v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1985
  3. Crown Cork International Corp. v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1944
  4. Widener, Trust No. 5 v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1983
  5. Transport Manufacturing & Equipment Company of Delaware v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970

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