Legal Opinion

Equinox Mill v. Commissioner

United States Tax Court

Decided January 31, 1951No. Docket No. 22706PublishedCited by 3 opinions

In 1943, the petitioner entered into a final renegotiation agreement in which it was agreed that it realized excessive profits in 1942 in the amount of $ 260,000. Pursuant to Section 3806 (b) (1), I. R. C., it became entitled to an excess profits tax credit in the amount of $ 188,273.56, and paid the difference, $ 71,726.44, in cash to the United States in 1943. Thereafter, upon the enactment of the Revenue Act of 1943, which added "(i) (3)" to the Renegotiation Act,…

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In 1943, the petitioner entered into a final renegotiation agreement in which it was agreed that it realized excessive profits in 1942 in the amount of $ 260,000. Pursuant to Section 3806 (b) (1), I. R. C., it became entitled to an excess profits tax credit in the amount of $ 188,273.56, and paid the difference, $ 71,726.44, in cash to the United States in 1943. Thereafter, upon the enactment of the Revenue Act of 1943, which added "(i) (3)" to the Renegotiation Act, petitioner acquired the right to a refund because a certain increase in value of excess inventory had been included in its…

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION.

Raum, Judge:

The Commissioner determined a deficiency in petitioner’s excess profits taxes for the year 1942 in the amount of $67,047.31, of which $54,243.35 is now in controversy. The sole question for decision is whether the respondent erred in including in the taxable income of petitioner for the year 1942, a refund of $75,338 received by it in 1947 pursuant to a claim filed by it under “(i) (3)” of the Renegotiation Act, as amended.1

The facts have been stipulated and are so found. Petitioner, a corporation engaged primarily in the manufacture of cotton textiles, filed its income…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Burnet v. Sanford & Brooks Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. Security Flour Mills Co. v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  3. Dixie Pine Products Co. v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  4. Baltimore Foundry & Machine Corp. v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1946

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Robert Reis & Co. v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1953
  2. Equinox Mill v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1951
  3. Robert Reis & Co. v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1953

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