Legal Opinion

Aid to Artisans, Inc. v. Commissioner

United States Tax Court

Decided November 20, 1978No. Docket No. 6215-77XPublished

Petitioner was organized as a nonprofit Massachusetts corporation to promote, improve, and expand the handicraft output of disadvantaged artisans in developing societies of the world. Based upon the provisions of sec. 501(c)(3), I.R.C. 1954, petitioner filed an application for exemption from income taxation with the Internal Revenue Service.

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Petitioner was organized as a nonprofit Massachusetts corporation to promote, improve, and expand the handicraft output of disadvantaged artisans in developing societies of the world. Based upon the provisions of sec. 501(c)(3), I.R.C. 1954, petitioner filed an application for exemption from income taxation with the Internal Revenue Service. Respondent determined that petitioner was not entitled to such an exemption because petitioner was not operated exclusively for exempt purposes as required by sec. 501(c)(3), I.R.C. 1954. Thereafter petitioner filed a petition with this Court for a…

1Opinion of the Court

Aid To Artisans, Inc., Petitioner v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent

Aid to Artisans, Inc. v. Commissioner

Docket No. 6215-77X

United States Tax Court

71 T.C. 202; 1978 U.S. Tax Ct. LEXIS 28;

November 20, 1978, Filed

Petitioner was organized as a nonprofit Massachusetts corporation to promote, improve, and expand the handicraft output of disadvantaged artisans in developing societies of the world. Based upon the provisions of sec. 501(c)(3), I.R.C. 1954, petitioner filed an application for exemption from income taxation with the Internal Revenue Service. Respondent determined that…

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