Legal Opinion

Hillard v. Commissioner

United States Tax Court

Decided February 9, 1959No. Docket No. 61604Published

Held, upon this record, sales of rental vehicles which had been leased for about one-fourth of their useful life were sales of property held primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of petitioner's trade or business, and gains from such sales are taxable as ordinary income. Sec. 117(j)(1)(B), I.R.C. 1939.

1Opinion of the Court

Charlie Hillard and Mary Jane Hillard, Petitioners, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent

Hillard v. Commissioner

Docket No. 61604

United States Tax Court

31 T.C. 961; 1959 U.S. Tax Ct. LEXIS 244;

February 9, 1959, Filed

Decision will be entered under Rule 50.

Held, upon this record, sales of rental vehicles which had been leased for about one-fourth of their useful life were sales of property held primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of petitioner's trade or business, and gains from such sales are taxable as ordinary income. Sec. 117(j)(1)(B), I.R.C. 1939.

George S.…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Burnet v. HarmelSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  2. Corn Products Refining Co. v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
  3. Philber Equipment Corporation v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1956
  4. Philber Equip. Corp. v. Comm'rUnited States Tax Court · 1955
  5. Williamson v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1953

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