Mason v. Commissioner
United States Board of Tax Appeals
Where a taxpayer enters into a contract of employment providing, together with other compensation, a bonus, measured in money, computed upon net earnings of the employer, and an inseparable provision of that same contract obligates the taxpayer to exchange such money, concurrently with its receipt, for stock of the employing company at a fixed value, held, the taxpayer realizes taxable income in the amount of the fair market value of such stock when he receives it.
1Opinion of the Court
GEORGE W. MASON AND HAZEL B. MASON, HIS WIFE, PETITIONERS, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.
Mason v. Commissioner
Docket No. 97350.
United States Board of Tax Appeals
41 B.T.A. 1287; 1940 BTA LEXIS 1072;
May 29, 1940, Promulgated
Where a taxpayer enters into a contract of employment providing, together with other compensation, a bonus, measured in money, computed upon net earnings of the employer, and an inseparable provision of that same contract obligates the taxpayer to exchange such money, concurrently with its receipt, for stock of the employing company at a fixed value, held,…
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- Mason v. CommissionerUnited States Board of Tax Appeals · 1940