Horrmann v. Commissioner
United States Board of Tax Appeals
1. STOCK DIVIDEND - EFFECT ON EARNINGS OR PROFITS. - A stock dividend that is not taxable to the shareholder does not diminish earnings or profits available for subsequent distribution. 2. REDEMPTION OF STOCK. - Redemption in 1927 of preferred stock issued as a dividend in 1922, held, not shown to be essentially equivalent to the distribution of a taxable dividend. 3. Id. - Redemption of preferred stock at par, which was a partial liquidation, held, properly chargeable in…
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1. STOCK DIVIDEND - EFFECT ON EARNINGS OR PROFITS. - A stock dividend that is not taxable to the shareholder does not diminish earnings or profits available for subsequent distribution. 2. REDEMPTION OF STOCK. - Redemption in 1927 of preferred stock issued as a dividend in 1922, held, not shown to be essentially equivalent to the distribution of a taxable dividend. 3. Id. - Redemption of preferred stock at par, which was a partial liquidation, held, properly chargeable in part to capital account, the part so chargeable being represented by the ratio of the paid-in capital to the total capital…
1Opinion of the Court
AUGUST HORRMANN, PETITIONER, ET AL., 1v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.
Horrmann v. Commissioner
Docket Nos. 77141, 77142, 77143, 77144, 77145, 77200.
United States Board of Tax Appeals
34 B.T.A. 1178; 1936 BTA LEXIS 587;
October 21, 1936, Promulgated
1. STOCK DIVIDEND - EFFECT ON EARNINGS OR PROFITS. - A stock dividend that is not taxable to the shareholder does not diminish earnings or profits available for subsequent distribution.
2. REDEMPTION OF STOCK. - Redemption in 1927 of preferred stock issued as a dividend in 1922, held, not shown to be essentially equivalent to the…
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