Reports of the Tax Court of the United States, Volume 23

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1956
 

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Page 536 - The net income shall be computed upon the basis of the taxpayer's annual accounting period (fiscal year or calendar year, as the case may be) in accordance with the method of accounting regularly employed in keeping the books of such taxpayer ; but if no such method of accounting has been so employed, or if the method employed does not clearly reflect the income...
Page 142 - capital assets" means property held by the taxpayer (whether or not connected with his trade or business), but does not include stock in trade of the taxpayer or other property of a kind which would properly be included in the inventory of the taxpayer if on hand at the close of the taxable year, or property held by the taxpayer primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of his trade or business...
Page 413 - If a corporation cancels or redeems its stock (whether or not such stock was issued as a stock dividend) at such time and in such manner as to make the distribution and cancellation or redemption in whole or in part essentially equivalent to the distribution of a taxable dividend...
Page 575 - In the case of mines, oil and gas wells, other natural deposits, and timber, a reasonable allowance for depletion and for depreciation of Improvements, accordIng to the peculiar conditions in each case...
Page 148 - BASIS. (a) DEALERS IN PERSONAL PROPERTY. — Under regulations prescribed by the Commissioner with the approval of the Secretary, a person who regularly sells or otherwise disposes of personal property on the installment plan may return as income therefrom in any taxable year that proportion of the installment payments actually received in that year which the gross profit realized or to be realized when payment is completed, bears to the total contract price.
Page 576 - Includes not merely the extraction of the ores or minerals from the ground but also the ordinary treatment processes normally applied by mine owners or operators In order to obtain the commercially marketable mineral product or products...
Page 671 - Capital losses. Losses from sales or exchanges of capital assets shall be allowed only to the extent allowed in sections 1211 and 1212.
Page 191 - ... even if such taxpayer is deceased, or is under a legal disability, or. in the case of a corporation, has terminated its existence.
Page 527 - ... also from interest, rent, dividends, securities, or the transaction of any business carried on for gain or profit, or gains or profits and income derived from any source whatever.
Page 415 - ... (B) as paid-in surplus or as a contribution to capital, then the basis shall be the same as It would be In the hands of the transferor. Increased In the amount of gain or decreased In the amount of loss recognized to the transferor upon such transfer under the law applicable to the year In which the transfer was made.

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