Legal Opinion

Magnon v. Commissioner

United States Tax Court

Decided February 28, 1980No. Docket Nos. 4204-77, 4281-77PublishedCited by 72 opinions

Held: 1. Individual petitioners, who were the sole shareholders of the corporate petitioner herein, received constructive dividends due to their corporation's performance of electrical contracting services on their separate personal properties where such work was performed primarily for their own benefit and without any expectation of repayment; 2. Intercorporate transfers of funds between the corporate petitioner and its sister corporation did not result in a constructive…

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Held: 1. Individual petitioners, who were the sole shareholders of the corporate petitioner herein, received constructive dividends due to their corporation's performance of electrical contracting services on their separate personal properties where such work was performed primarily for their own benefit and without any expectation of repayment; 2. Intercorporate transfers of funds between the corporate petitioner and its sister corporation did not result in a constructive dividend to the individual petitioners owning all the stock of both corporations where such transfers were made for…

1Opinion of the Court

Quealy, Judge:

The respondent determined the following deficiencies in income taxes and additions to the tax in these consolidated cases;

Raymond and Vera E. Magnon — Docket No. 1201-77

Deficiencies Addition to tax Addition to tax Calendar year in income tax sec. 6651(a)1 sec.6658(a)

1970. $80,818 0 $4,041

1971. 61,376 $15,344 3,069

1972 . 48,778 0 2,439

1973 . 260,202 0 13,010

Magnon Service Electric Corp. — Docket No. 1281-77

Deficiency Addition to tax

FYE Apr. SO— in income tax sec. 6653(a)

1970. $103,575.85 0

1971. 88,456.84 $4,422.84

1973. 16,187.47 809.37

Raymond and Vera E. Magnon, petitioners in…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. United States v. MitchellSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Electric & Neon, Inc. v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1971
  3. American Properties, Inc. v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1957
  4. Rosano v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1966
  5. Charles A. Sammons, Individually, and Estate of Rosine S. Sammons, Deceased, Charles A. Sammons, Independent v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973

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3Cited by72 opinions

  1. Neonatology Assocs., P.A. v. Comm'rUnited States Tax Court · 2000
  2. Waddell v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1986
  3. Ansley-Sheppard-Burgess Co. v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1995
  4. Hood v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 2000
  5. Asphalt Products Co., Inc., Cross-Appellee v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986

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