Legal Opinion

Hickok v. Commissioner

United States Tax Court

Decided April 13, 1959No. Docket Nos. 63224, 63255, 63256PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Petitioners exchanged stock for the corporation's debenture bonds pursuant to a plan of recapitalization. Held, no gain is recognized as it was a plan of reorganization within the provisions of section 112(b)(3), I.R.C. 1939, which is defined to include a plan of recapitalization in section 112(g)(1)(E), I.R.C. 1939.

1Opinion of the Court

Mulronet, Judge:

The respondent determined the following deficiencies in the petitioners’ income tax:

Docket No. Petitioner Year Deficiency

63224 63255 63256 Alan O. and Ann T. Hickok_ Eaymond T. and Sally Hickok_ H. Justine Hickok_ 1953 1953 1953 1954 $8,441.44 8,437.62 10,798.71 214.23

The issue in these consolidated cases is whether the exchange by petitioners of their stock in the Hickok Manufacturing Co., Inc., for 20-year 6 per cent debenture bonds of the same corporation qualifies as a nontaxable exchange under sections 112 (b) (3) and 112 (g) (1) (E) of the Internal Eevenue Code of 1939.

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2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Gregory v. HelveringSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  2. Pinellas Ice & Cold Storage Co. v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
  3. Helvering v. Southwest Consolidated Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
  4. LeTulle v. ScofieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  5. Bazley v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1947

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. McDonald's of Zion, 432, Ill., Inc. v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1981
  2. Lorch v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1978
  3. Golden Nugget, Inc. v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1984
  4. Johnson v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1982
  5. Dillard v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1961

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