Legal Opinion

Russell Manufacturing Company v. United States

United States Court of Claims

Decided July 15, 1959No. 443-56PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JONES, Chief Judge.

This is a suit to recover an alleged overpayment in excess profits taxes for the taxpayer’s fiscal year ending November 30, 1945. The controversy centers on the tax consequences of a plan for additional profit-sharing compensation for plaintiff’s officers and key employees.

The primary question presented is whether plaintiff, an accrual basis taxpayer, is entitled to a deduction in its fiscal year 1945 for contributions made or accrued in that year to several profit-sharing trusts established for its officers and key employees. Or, in the alternative, is the taxpayer…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Security Flour Mills Co. v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  2. Dixie Pine Products Co. v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  3. Stein v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1956
  4. Stern Bros. & Co. v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1951
  5. F. W. Drybrough v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, L. N. Simpson v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1956

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Gamman v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1966
  2. The United States of America v. The Russell Manufacturing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1965
  3. Liflans Corporation v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1968
  4. Mississippi River Fuel Corporation v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1963
  5. A. & N. Furniture & Appliance Company v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 1967

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