Legal Opinion

Schering Corp. v. Commissioner

United States Tax Court

Decided January 23, 1978No. Docket No. 8831-75PublishedCited by 11 opinions

T, a United States corporation, owned all of the stock of S, a Swiss corporation. On audit of T's Federal Corporate income tax returns for 1961-63, the Commissioner exercised his authority under section 482, I.R.C. 1954, to reallocate to T certain income which S had reported as its income, and on which S had paid Swiss income taxes. The reallocated income represented a portion of certain royalties and amounts received by S pursuant to licensing agreements.

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T, a United States corporation, owned all of the stock of S, a Swiss corporation. On audit of T's Federal Corporate income tax returns for 1961-63, the Commissioner exercised his authority under section 482, I.R.C. 1954, to reallocate to T certain income which S had reported as its income, and on which S had paid Swiss income taxes. The reallocated income represented a portion of certain royalties and amounts received by S pursuant to licensing agreements. Similar reallocations were made to T in respect of income received by a Swiss sales corporation that was wholly owned by S. The…

1Opinion of the Court

Raum, Judge:

The Commissioner determined a deficiency in petitioner’s Federal corporate income tax for the calendar year 1969 in the amount of $143,085.07. The sole issue raised by the petition is whether petitioner is entitled, pursuant to section 901(a), I.R.C. 1954, to a credit of $224,074 for amounts withheld and paid to Switzerland by petitioner’s Swiss subsidiary as a withholding tax on amounts repatriated to petitioner pursuant to Rev. Proc. 65-17,1965-1 C.B. 833, subsequent to a reallocation of income to petitioner from its Swiss subsidiary under section 482.

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2Cases cited35 opinions

  1. Eisner v. MacOmberSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
  2. Graves v. New York Ex Rel. O'KeefeSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
  3. Biddle v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  4. Blair v. Oesterlein MacHine Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1927
  5. United States v. VermontSupreme Court of the United States · 1964

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3Cited by11 opinions

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