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United States Vs. General Dynamics

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Apr 22, 1987

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  1. Security Flour Mills Co. Vs. Commissioner US Supreme Court · Feb 28, 1944
  2. United States v. General
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  3. Dynamics - 481 U.S. 239 (1987) U.S. Supreme Court United States v. General
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  4. Dynamics, 481 U.S. 239 (1987) United States v. General
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  5. We granted certiorari, 476 U.S. 1181 (1986). We reverse. II As we noted in United States v. Hughes
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  6. test that originated in United States v. Anderson
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  7. This is consistent with our prior holdings that a taxpayer may not deduct a liability that is contingent, see Lucas v. American
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  8. Code Co., 280 U. S. 445 , 280 U. S. 452 (1930), or contested, see Security Flour Mills Co. v. Commissioner
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  9. if it is based on events that have not occurred by the Page 481 U. S. 244 close of the taxable year. Brown v. Helvering
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  10. American Automobile Assn. v. United
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  11. in Hughes, 476 U.S. at 476 U. S. 601 , did not render an otherwise fixed liability contingent. Cf. Lucas v. North
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  12. at the close of the 1972 tax year. The taxpayer has the burden of proving its entitlement to a deduction. Helvering v. Taylor
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  13. be an appropriate conservative accounting measure, but does not warrant a tax deduction. See American Automobile Assn. v. United
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  14. Lucas v. American
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  15. respectfully dissent. This case calls for the Court to revisit the issue addressed only last Term in United States v. Hughes
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  16. business that uses an accrual method, and it does not prevent accrual. See, e.g., Wien Consolidated Airlines, Inc. v. Commissioner
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  17. absolute certainty that it will be discharged by payment is not.' Helvering v. Russian
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  18. medical expenses, because the workers' compensation law creates liability. See Wien Consolidated Airlines, Inc. v. Commissioner
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  19. test, United States v. Anderson
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  20. for the munitions tax had occurred. Id. at 269 U. S. 441 . Similarly, in Continental Tie & Lumber Co. v. United
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  21. has expressly permitted taxpayers to use the accrual method of accounting, and from its inception in United States v. Anderson
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  22. U.S. Supreme Court United States v. General
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  23. United States v. Anderson
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  24. Brown v. Helvering
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  25. American Automobile Assn. v. United
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  26. Cf. Lucas v. North
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  27. Helvering v. Taylor
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  28. See American Automobile Assn. v. United
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  29. Wien Consolidated Airlines, Inc. v. Commissioner
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  30. Helvering v. Russian
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  31. See Wien Consolidated Airlines, Inc. v. Commissioner
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  32. Continental Tie & Lumber Co. v. United
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  33. United States v. Hughes
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