Case Name: Indianapolis Street Railway Co., Petitioner, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent
Court: United States Board of Tax Appeals
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1927-06-17
Citations: 7 B.T.A. 397
Docket Number: Docket No. 8787
Parties: Indianapolis Street Railway Co., Petitioner, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of the United States Board of Tax Appeals
Volume: 7
Pages: 397–399

Head Matter:
Indianapolis Street Railway Co., Petitioner, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent.
Docket No. 8787.
Promulgated June 17, 1927.
Harry A. Fellows, Esq., and Will H. Latta, Esq., for the petitioner.
M. N. Fisher, Esq.', for the respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION.
Littleton :
The Commissioner held that the petitioner derived a taxable gain in 1923 when it purchased the bonds of its predecessor companies which it had assumed when it took over their assets, at less than par. Petitioner contends that no taxable gain resulted from such purchase. The Board has heretofore had occasion to consider this question and has held that the retirement by a corporation of its bonds at less than par does not result in taxable gain. Independent Brewing Co. of Pittsburgh, 4 B. T. A. 870; New Orleans, Texas & Mexico Ry. Co., 6 B. T. A. 436. See also Kerbaugh-Empire Co. v. Bowers, 300 Fed. 938; Bowers v. Kerbaugh-Empire Co., 271 U. S. 170; Meyer Jewelry Co., 3 B. T. A. 1319. It is accordingly held that the Commissioner erred in his determination that the petitioner derived a taxable gain upon the retirement of the bonds involved in this proceeding.
Judgment will be entered on IS days'1 notice, under Rule 50.