Legal Opinion

Herman Bennett Co. v. Commissioner

United States Tax Court

Decided December 3, 1975No. Docket No. 7196-74PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Petitioner incurred a net operating loss in 1969 and claimed a carryback adjustment to 1966. The tentative allowance of the 1966 adjustment released a previously allowed investment credit. An erroneous refund for 1963, based on a carryback of the released investment credit, was issued to petitioner.

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Petitioner incurred a net operating loss in 1969 and claimed a carryback adjustment to 1966. The tentative allowance of the 1966 adjustment released a previously allowed investment credit. An erroneous refund for 1963, based on a carryback of the released investment credit, was issued to petitioner. A notice of deficiency was then mailed to petitioner within the 3-year limitation period prescribed by sec. 6501(a), I.R.C. 1954, for 1969. Held: Under sec. 6501(j), I.R.C. 1954, the notice of deficiency for 1963 was timely. The carryback to 1963 was "attributable to" the tentative allowance of…

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION .

Featherston, Judge:

Respondent determined a deficiency of $6,160.98 in petitioner’s Federal income tax for 1963. The issue for decision is whether the period of limitations for the assessment of a deficiency in petitioner’s income tax for 1963 had expired prior to June 11, 1974, the date on which a notice of deficiency was mailed to petitioner. The answer depends upon whether, within the meaning of section dSOlCj),1 the determined deficiency for 1963 was “attributable to” a net operating loss which was incurred in 1969 and carried back to 1966.

The facts are all stipulated.

At the time…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Polachek v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1954
  2. Leuthesser v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1952
  3. Neri v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1970
  4. Bouchey v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1953
  5. Krieger v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1975

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Pesch v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1982
  2. Nielsen v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1986
  3. First Chicago Corporation v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1984
  4. Friedman v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1991
  5. First Chicago Corp. v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1983

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