Legal Opinion

Adler v. Commissioner

United States Board of Tax Appeals

Decided June 12, 1934No. Docket Nos. 49913, 49914, 49922-49926, 52629, 52630Published

The declaration of a preferred stock dividend by a corporation and its later redemption, under the facts here disclosed, was "essentially equivalent to the distribution of a taxable dividend" within the meaning of sections 201(g) and 115(g) of the Revenue Acts of 1926 and 1928, respectively.

1Opinion of the Court

LEOPOLD ADLER, PETITIONER, ET AL., 1v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

Adler v. Commissioner

Docket Nos. 49913, 49914, 49922-49926, 52629, 52630.

United States Board of Tax Appeals

30 B.T.A. 897; 1934 BTA LEXIS 1249;

June 12, 1934, Promulgated

The declaration of a preferred stock dividend by a corporation and its later redemption, under the facts here disclosed, was "essentially equivalent to the distribution of a taxable dividend" within the meaning of sections 201(g) and 115(g) of the Revenue Acts of 1926 and 1928, respectively.

J. C. Peacock, Esq., for the petitioners.

John H. Pigg,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Adler v. CommissionerUnited States Board of Tax Appeals · 1934

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