Court Opinion

ID: 4495638
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2020-01-23 18:14:26.172914+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:54:13.009750
License: Public Domain

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dissenting: The prevailing opinion holds that a fee paid in connection with the amendment of a corporate charter may be deducted as a “ loss ” upon dissolution of the corporation; amounts expended in connection with the dissolution and liquidation of the corporation are deductible in the year of dissolution as “ordinary and necessary expenses ”; but that fees paid in connection with the retirement of capital stock and the issue and sale of new stock can not be deducted as a “ loss ” upon dissolution. I am unable to distinguish between the two kinds of fees so as to hold that one is deductible and the other not. I do not agree that the amounts expended in connection with the dissolution and liquidation of the corporation are deductible under section 23 (a). I am unable to find any statutory authority allowing a deduction for any of these expenditures.
SterNhageN and McMahoN agree with this dissent.