Legal Opinion

Gisholt Machine Co. v. Commissioner

United States Tax Court

Decided February 1, 1945No. Docket No. 2186Published

An amount reasonably related to services performed and irrevocably paid in 1941 by a corporation to a retirement trust for selected employees held deductible as a business expense under section 23 (a), Internal Revenue Code, irrespective of its possible aspect as a contribution under section 23 (p) to a pension trust such as described in section 165.

1Opinion of the Court

Gisholt Machine Company, Petitioner, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent

Gisholt Machine Co. v. Commissioner

Docket No. 2186

United States Tax Court

4 T.C. 699; 1945 U.S. Tax Ct. LEXIS 239;

February 1, 1945, Promulgated

Decision will be entered under Rule 50.

An amount reasonably related to services performed and irrevocably paid in 1941 by a corporation to a retirement trust for selected employees held deductible as a business expense under section 23 (a), Internal Revenue Code, irrespective of its possible aspect as a contribution under section 23 (p) to a pension trust such as…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Lord v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1942
  2. Wilcox Inv. Co. v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1944
  3. Gisholt Machine Co. v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1945

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