Kennedy Laundry Co. v. Commissioner
United States Board of Tax Appeals
For the years 1932 to 1935 petitioner claimed depreciation at the rate of 10 percent when the proper rate should have been 8 percent. Because of net operating losses petitioner got no tax advantage from the excessive rate.
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For the years 1932 to 1935 petitioner claimed depreciation at the rate of 10 percent when the proper rate should have been 8 percent. Because of net operating losses petitioner got no tax advantage from the excessive rate. In 1937 petitioner adopted a rate of 8 percent, which the Commissioner accepted and applied to 1936. Held, to the extent that petitioner received no tax advantage in such preceding years, its base for depreciation as of December 31, 1935, should be computed by employing the rate of 8 percent for the years 1932 to 1935. Pittsburgh Brewing Co. v. Commissioner, 107 Fed.(2d)…
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KENNEDY LAUNDRY COMPANY, A CORPORATION, PETITIONER, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.
Kennedy Laundry Co. v. Commissioner
Docket No. 104965.
United States Board of Tax Appeals
46 B.T.A. 70; 1942 BTA LEXIS 912;
January 14, 1942, Promulgated
For the years 1932 to 1935 petitioner claimed depreciation at the rate of 10 percent when the proper rate should have been 8 percent. Because of net operating losses petitioner got no tax advantage from the excessive rate. In 1937 petitioner adopted a rate of 8 percent, which the Commissioner accepted and applied to 1936. Held, to the extent that…
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- Kennedy Laundry Co. v. CommissionerUnited States Board of Tax Appeals · 1942