Legal Opinion

Fujinon Optical, Inc. v. Commissioner

United States Tax Court

Decided March 31, 1981No. Docket No. 12035-79RPublished

Petitioner, a domestic subsidiary of a foreign parent corporation, is a member of a controlled group as defined in sec. 1563(a), I.R.C. 1954. Petitioner's business is wholly unrelated to that of both other members of the controlled group.

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Petitioner, a domestic subsidiary of a foreign parent corporation, is a member of a controlled group as defined in sec. 1563(a), I.R.C. 1954. Petitioner's business is wholly unrelated to that of both other members of the controlled group. Of petitioner's 15 employees in 1976, 8 were covered by its profit-sharing plan and the remaining 7 were excluded under the minimum age and service conditions of sec. 410(a)(1). When all employees of all three members of the controlled group are treated as employed by a single employer pursuant to sec. 414(b), the numerical test of sec. 410(b)(1)(A) could…

1Opinion of the Court

Fujinon Optical, Inc., Petitioner v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent

Fujinon Optical, Inc. v. Commissioner

Docket No. 12035-79R

United States Tax Court

76 T.C. 499; 1981 U.S. Tax Ct. LEXIS 151; 2 Employee Benefits Cas. (BNA) 1145;

March 31, 1981, Filed

Decision will be entered for the respondent.

Petitioner, a domestic subsidiary of a foreign parent corporation, is a member of a controlled group as defined in sec. 1563(a), I.R.C. 1954. Petitioner's business is wholly unrelated to that of both other members of the controlled group. Of petitioner's 15 employees in 1976, 8 were covered by…

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  2. Ed & Jim Fleitz, Inc. v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1968
  3. Loevsky v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1971
  4. Pepsi-Cola Niagara Bottling Corp. v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1967
  5. Tamko Asphalt Products, Inc. v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1979

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