Legal Opinion

Bolster v. Commissioner

United States Board of Tax Appeals

Decided May 20, 1931No. Docket No. 21223Published

From March 1, 1913, to the beginning of the taxable year, a corporation annually made distributions to its stockholders in excess of its taxable net income. The Commissioner increased the allowances for depletion for years prior to the taxable year. Such of which represented a liquidation of the corporation. The petitioner book value of its paid-in surplus.

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From March 1, 1913, to the beginning of the taxable year, a corporation annually made distributions to its stockholders in excess of its taxable net income. The Commissioner increased the allowances for depletion for years prior to the taxable year. Such of which represented a liquidation of the corporation. The petitioner book value of its paid-in surplus. In the taxable year the decedent received distributions from this corporation, a portion of which represented a liquidation of the corporation. The pttitioner claims that such pro rata part of the distributions received as is applicable to…

1Opinion of the Court

STANLEY M. BOLSTER, EXECUTOR, ESTATE OF MARGARET A. BRIGHAM, PETITIONER, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

Bolster v. Commissioner

Docket No. 21223.

United States Board of Tax Appeals

23 B.T.A. 347; 1931 BTA LEXIS 1886;

May 20, 1931, Promulgated

From March 1, 1913, to the beginning of the taxable year, a corporation annually made distributions to its stockholders in excess of its taxable net income. The Commissioner increased the allowances for depletion for years prior to the taxable year. Such of which represented a liquidation of the corporation. The petitioner book value of its…

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  1. Bolster v. CommissionerUnited States Board of Tax Appeals · 1931

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