Legal Opinion

Pulfer v. Commissioner

United States Board of Tax Appeals

Decided February 19, 1941No. Docket No. 97262Published

Petitioner, the owner of 200 shares of stock of the A corporation, entered into an agreement with the B corporation, which already owned 1,220 shares of A corporation's stock, whereby petitioner and two other individuals would exchange 556 shares of A stock for 3,336 shares of B stock. By virtue of the exchange B became owner of all the outstanding stock of A, with the exception of the qualifying shares.

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Petitioner, the owner of 200 shares of stock of the A corporation, entered into an agreement with the B corporation, which already owned 1,220 shares of A corporation's stock, whereby petitioner and two other individuals would exchange 556 shares of A stock for 3,336 shares of B stock. By virtue of the exchange B became owner of all the outstanding stock of A, with the exception of the qualifying shares. No proof was offered to show that B's acquisition of its original holding of 1,220 shares of A stock was solely in exchange for its voting stock. Held, the exchange of petitioner's A…

1Opinion of the Court

ROBERT A. PULFER, PETITIONER, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

Pulfer v. Commissioner

Docket No. 97262.

United States Board of Tax Appeals

43 B.T.A. 677; 1941 BTA LEXIS 1465;

February 19, 1941, Promulgated

Petitioner, the owner of 200 shares of stock of the A corporation, entered into an agreement with the B corporation, which already owned 1,220 shares of A corporation's stock, whereby petitioner and two other individuals would exchange 556 shares of A stock for 3,336 shares of B stock. By virtue of the exchange B became owner of all the outstanding stock of A, with the exception…

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