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Engineered Timber Sales, Inc. v. Commissioner

United States Tax Court

Decided July 22, 1980No. Docket No. 10262-77Published

Held, for calendar year 1974, petitioner's collection of written documents fails to create a qualified profit-sharing plan within the dimensions of sec. 401(a), I.R.C. 1954. Held, further, in 1974, these writings do not constitute a nonqualified profit-sharing plan within the meaning of secs. 401 through 415 of the Code.

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Held, for calendar year 1974, petitioner's collection of written documents fails to create a qualified profit-sharing plan within the dimensions of sec. 401(a), I.R.C. 1954. Held, further, in 1974, these writings do not constitute a nonqualified profit-sharing plan within the meaning of secs. 401 through 415 of the Code. Held, further, section 401(b), as amended by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, does not permit retroactive adoption of an original profit-sharing plan. Held, further, petitioner is not entitled in 1974 to a deduction under sec. 404(a) for contributions made…

1Opinion of the Court

Engineered Timber Sales, Incorporated, Petitioner v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent

Engineered Timber Sales, Inc. v. Commissioner

Docket No. 10262-77

United States Tax Court

74 T.C. 808; 1980 U.S. Tax Ct. LEXIS 98; 2 Employee Benefits Cas. (BNA) 2071;

July 22, 1980, Filed

Decision will be entered under Rule 155.

Held, for calendar year 1974, petitioner's collection of written documents fails to create a qualified profit-sharing plan within the dimensions of sec. 401(a), I.R.C. 1954. Held, further, in 1974, these writings do not constitute a nonqualified profit-sharing plan within the…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Commissioner v. South Texas Lumber Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
  2. United States v. CorrellSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. National Muffler Dealers Assn., Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  4. Helvering v. WinmillSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  5. United States v. MooreSupreme Court of the United States · 1878

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