Legal Opinion

Durham Tel. Co. v. Commissioner

United States Tax Court

Decided January 28, 1948No. Docket No. 10331Unpublished

Held, that the transactions here involved between petitioner and the holder of all its outstanding old bonds did not constitute purchase and sale transactions, but an exchange or substitution of new bonds for old as evidence of a continuing indebtedness between the same parties.

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Held, that the transactions here involved between petitioner and the holder of all its outstanding old bonds did not constitute purchase and sale transactions, but an exchange or substitution of new bonds for old as evidence of a continuing indebtedness between the same parties. Further, held, that the amount paid for premium and unamortized discount and expense upon retirement of the old bonds in 1941 is not deductible in full in that year, but should be amortized over the life of the new bonds issued in exchange for the old. South Carolina Continental Telephone Company, 10 T.C. 164…

1Opinion of the Court

Durham Telephone Company v. Commissioner.

Durham Tel. Co. v. Commissioner

Docket No. 10331.

United States Tax Court

1948 Tax Ct. Memo LEXIS 264; 7 T.C.M. (CCH) 49; T.C.M. (RIA) 48010;

January 28, 1948

Held, that the transactions here involved between petitioner and the holder of all its outstanding old bonds did not constitute purchase and sale transactions, but an exchange or substitution of new bonds for old as evidence of a continuing indebtedness between the same parties. Further, held, that the amount paid for premium and unamortized discount and expense upon retirement of the old bonds in…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. South Carolina Continental Telephone Co. v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1948

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