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Deputy Vs. Du Pont

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jan 08, 1940

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  1. New Colonial Ice Co., Inc. Vs. Helvering US Supreme Court · May 28, 1934
  2. Dalton Vs. Bowers US Supreme Court · Dec 12, 1932
  3. Court of Appeals. 103 F.2d 257. We granted certiorari because of the asserted inconsistency of that ruling with Welch v. Helvering
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  4. and with Burnet v. Clark
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  5. that would entail. For we are of the opinion that the deductions are not permitted either within the rule of Burnet v. Clark
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  6. or Welch v. Helvering
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  7. falls for two reasons. In the first place, the payments in question do not meet the test enunciated in Kornhauser v. United
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  8. posture of the case, these payments are no more deductible than were the payments made by the stockholder in Burnet v. Clark
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  9. which were intended to preserve his investment in the corporation. Similar payments were disallowed in Dalton v. Bowers
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  10. customary. To be sure, an expense may be ordinary though it happen but once in the taxpayer's lifetime. Cf. Kornhauser v. United
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  11. transaction which gives rise to it must be of common or frequent occurrence in the type of business involved. Welch v. Helvering
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  12. assists his corporation in financing stock purchase plans for the benefit of its executives. As stated in Welch v. Helvering
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  13. as did the claim of an officer of a corporation who paid its debts to strengthen his own standing and credit. Welch v. Helvering
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  14. expenses may be deducted. Though plainly necessary, they cannot be allowed unless they are also ordinary. Welch v. Helvering
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  15. s alleged business, it was error for the Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse the judgment for petitioners. McCaughn v. Real
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  16. In Old Colony R. Co. v. Commissioner
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  17. See Lynch v. Alworth-Stephens
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  18. throughout have referred to these payments by respondent as being capital in nature. Cf. Bonwit Teller & Co. v. Commissioner
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  19. Hutton v. Commissioner
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  20. Bing v. Helvering
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  21. over this sum through transactions in General Motors stock which ultimately yielded him a great profit. See du Pont v. Commissioner
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  22. Dart v. Commissioner
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  23. F.2d 845. Cf. Terbell v. Commissioner
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  24. has been used to describe damages or compensation for the detention or use of money or of property. See United States v. North
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  25. Welch v. Helvering
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  26. Burnet v. Clark
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  27. of Burnet v. Clark
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  28. Kornhauser v. United
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  29. Cf. Kornhauser v. United
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  30. McCaughn v. Real
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  31. Cf. Bonwit Teller & Co. v. Commissioner
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  32. Pont v. Commissioner
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  33. Cf. Terbell v. Commissioner
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  34. See United States v. North
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