Levy v. Commissioner
United States Board of Tax Appeals
Petitioner, the owner of all the outstanding stock of corporation, sold that stock at a loss in the taxable year. The corporation had become indebted to petitioner for advances made over a period of years and, in the taxable year, petitioner sold his claim against the corporation to the purchaser of the stock of the corporation for an amount less than the face value of the debt.
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Petitioner, the owner of all the outstanding stock of corporation, sold that stock at a loss in the taxable year. The corporation had become indebted to petitioner for advances made over a period of years and, in the taxable year, petitioner sold his claim against the corporation to the purchaser of the stock of the corporation for an amount less than the face value of the debt. At the end of the taxable year and after the stock and debt had been sold, petitioner charged off on his books the difference between the amount of the debt and the amount which he received on its sale. Held, that…
1Opinion of the Court
MAURICE LEVY, PETITIONER, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.
Levy v. Commissioner
Docket No. 105086.
United States Board of Tax Appeals
46 B.T.A. 423; 1942 BTA LEXIS 864;
February 25, 1942, Promulgated
Petitioner, the owner of all the outstanding stock of corporation, sold that stock at a loss in the taxable year. The corporation had become indebted to petitioner for advances made over a period of years and, in the taxable year, petitioner sold his claim against the corporation to the purchaser of the stock of the corporation for an amount less than the face value of the debt. At the…
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- Levy v. CommissionerUnited States Board of Tax Appeals · 1942