Legal Opinion

Beauchamp & Brown Groves Co. v. Commissioner

United States Tax Court

Decided April 28, 1965No. Docket No. 2871-62Published

Held: That liquidation under the provisions of section 337, I.R.C. 1954, does not prevent the operation of section 268, I.R.C. 1954, to disallow deductions attributable to the production of an unharvested crop which is sold with the land and considered as "property used in the trade or business" under section 1231, I.R.C. 1954. Petitioner's contention that a sale of land with an unharvested crop must result in recognized gain before the unharvested crop can be characterized…

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Held: That liquidation under the provisions of section 337, I.R.C. 1954, does not prevent the operation of section 268, I.R.C. 1954, to disallow deductions attributable to the production of an unharvested crop which is sold with the land and considered as "property used in the trade or business" under section 1231, I.R.C. 1954. Petitioner's contention that a sale of land with an unharvested crop must result in recognized gain before the unharvested crop can be characterized by section 1231 is rejected.

1Opinion of the Court

Beauchamp & Brown Groves Company, Petitioner, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent

Beauchamp & Brown Groves Co. v. Commissioner

Docket No. 2871-62

United States Tax Court

44 T.C. 117; 1965 U.S. Tax Ct. LEXIS 94;

April 28, 1965, Filed April 28, 1965, Filed

Decision will be entered for the respondent.

Held: That liquidation under the provisions of section 337, I.R.C. 1954, does not prevent the operation of section 268, I.R.C. 1954, to disallow deductions attributable to the production of an unharvested crop which is sold with the land and considered as "property used in the trade or…

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