Legal Opinion

Trout-Ware, Inc. v. Commissioner

United States Tax Court

Decided September 29, 1948No. Docket No. 14910PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Corporation engaged in portrait photography, held, exempt as a personal service corporation as defined in section 725, I. R. C.

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION.

MuRdock, Judge:

Section 725 exempts corporations from the excess profits tax under subchapter E if they so elect and come within the definition of a personal service corporation as defined in section 725 (a). The provisions of supplement S to chapter I then apply to the shareholders of the corporation. A personal service corporation is defined in (a) as “a corporation whose income is to be ascribed primarily to the activities of shareholders who are regularly engaged in the active conduct of the affairs of the corporation and are the owners at all times during the taxable year of at…

2Cited by7 opinions

  1. Sperapani v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1964
  2. I. Putnam, Inc. v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1950
  3. Lewis v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1964
  4. J. E. Purdy Co. v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1953
  5. Lewis v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1964

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