Mead Corporation v. Commissioner of Internal Rev.

JONES, Circuit Judge.

The pending petition brings on for review a decision of the Board of Tax Appeals determining a deficiency in tax against the petitioner corporation for the year 1931 in the amount of the additional tax authorized by Sec. 104(a) of the Revenue Act of 1928, c. 852, 45 Stat. 791, 26 U.S.C.A. Int.Rev.Acts, page 375. The tax there prescribed is 50% of the net income of “any corporation * * * formed or availed of for the purpose of preventing the imposition of the surtax upon its shareholders through the medium of permitting its gains and profits to accumulate instead of being…