Legal Opinion

Bridges v. Commissioner

United States Tax Court

Decided August 28, 1975No. Docket Nos. 6313-71, 6322-71Published

Petitioners received long-term capital gains from a ground lease and timber-cutting contract which was income in respect of a decedent which, after deducting 50 percent thereof under sec. 1202, I.R.C. 1954, exceeded the deduction allowable for estate tax attributable to such income in respect of a decedent allowable under sec. 691(c), I.R.C. 1954. Held, the deduction allowable for estate tax attributable to income in respect of a decedent under sec. 691(c), I.R.C. 1954, in…

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Petitioners received long-term capital gains from a ground lease and timber-cutting contract which was income in respect of a decedent which, after deducting 50 percent thereof under sec. 1202, I.R.C. 1954, exceeded the deduction allowable for estate tax attributable to such income in respect of a decedent allowable under sec. 691(c), I.R.C. 1954. Held, the deduction allowable for estate tax attributable to income in respect of a decedent under sec. 691(c), I.R.C. 1954, in these circumstances need not be offset against the long-term capital gain before allowance of the 50-percent deduction…

1Opinion of the Court

J. T. Bridges, Jr., and Doris E. Bridges, Petitioners v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent; Addie Belle Bridges Edwards, Petitioner v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent

Bridges v. Commissioner

Docket Nos. 6313-71, 6322-71

United States Tax Court

64 T.C. 968; 1975 U.S. Tax Ct. LEXIS 73;

August 28, 1975, Filed

Decisions will be entered under Rule 155.

Petitioners received long-term capital gains from a ground lease and timber-cutting contract which was income in respect of a decedent which, after deducting 50 percent thereof under sec. 1202, I.R.C. 1954, exceeded the deduction…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Jack E. Golsen and Sylvia H. Golsen v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1971
  2. Tyler v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
  3. Walter M. Weil and Adele D. Weil v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1956
  4. Chartier Real Estate Co. v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1969
  5. Chartier Real Estate Company, Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, (Three Cases)Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1970

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