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Estate of Putnam Vs. Commissioner

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Mar 26, 1945

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  1. Palmer Vs. Bender US Supreme Court · Jan 09, 1933
  2. United States Vs. Pelzer US Supreme Court · Mar 03, 1941
  3. Spring City Foundry Co. Vs. Commissioner US Supreme Court · Apr 30, 1934
  4. Ford Vs. Ford US Supreme Court · Dec 10, 1962
  5. Avery Vs. Commissioner US Supreme Court · Apr 30, 1934
  6. Burnet Vs. Harmel US Supreme Court · Nov 07, 1932
  7. Lyeth Vs. Hoey US Supreme Court · Dec 05, 1938
  8. United States Vs. Phellis US Supreme Court · Nov 21, 1921
  9. U.S. 393 (1945) U.S. Supreme Court Estate of Putnam v. Commissioner
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  10. U.S. 393 (1945) Estate of Putnam v. Commissioner
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  11. because of a conflict in conclusion Page 324 U. S. 395 between Tar Products Corp. v. Commissioner
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  12. below and those in other circuits as to whether the governing rule is to be drawn from federal or state law. Helvering v. McGlue's
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  13. Commissioner v. Cohen
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  14. law controlled the disposition of the controversy, and that the dividend accrued on its declaration. Commissioner v. Guaranty
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  15. should be uniform unless Congress has shown an intention to permit its meaning to be varied by state law. Burnet v. Harmel
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  16. U. S. 396 of that test is a federal responsibility. The present problem is closely akin to that resolved in Lyeth v. Hoey
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  17. We recently examined the Congressional purpose in the enactment of Section 42. Helvering v. Enright's
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  18. as cash was not income to the estate. Helvering v. Enright's
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  19. United States v. Anderson
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  20. declaration of a dividend with a subsequent record date for payment would not affect the stock's value. United States v. Phellis
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  21. Ford v. Snook
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  22. Beattie v. Gedney
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  23. Western Securities Co. v. Silver
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  24. Smith v. Taecker
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  25. Richter & Co. v. Light
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  26. Nutter v. Andrews
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  27. accrual date under Section 42 is held eventually to be the same for taxpayers on the accrued and cash basis. Cf. Avery v. Commissioner
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  28. Tar Products Corp. v. Commissioner
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  29. in cash by the estate was merely a conversion into money of one of the assets of the estate, citing Vanderbilt v. Commissioner
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  30. Nichols v. United
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  31. United States v. Phellis
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  32. to the taxpayer's method of accounting, which is directed in Sec. 48(c), 52 Stat. 476, is not of use. Helvering v. Enright's
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  33. dividends, as it is in the section of the statute here involved. This rule has been continuously applied. See Mason v. Routzahn
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  34. Mertens, Federal Income Taxation, 17. See Tar Products Corp. v. Commissioner
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  35. of position of those regulations as to date when dividends are received by a taxpayer. American Light & Traction Co. v. Commissioner
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  36. This accords with the original holding of the Board of Tax Appeals on this question in Estate of McGlue v. Commissioner
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  37. B.T.A. 1186, 1193. After that case was reversed on the law of New York, Helvering v. McGlue's
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  38. Estate, 119 F.2d 167, the Board followed the Circuit Court decision. Estate of Ledyard v. Commissioner
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  39. held that a taxpayer on the accrual basis should account for a dividend when received. American Light & Traction Co. v. Commissioner
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  40. U.S. Supreme Court Estate of Putnam v. Commissioner
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  41. Helvering v. McGlue's
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  42. Commissioner v. Guaranty
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  43. Helvering v. Enright's
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  44. Cf. Avery v. Commissioner
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  45. Vanderbilt v. Commissioner
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  46. See Mason v. Routzahn
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  47. See Tar Products Corp. v. Commissioner
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  48. American Light & Traction Co. v. Commissioner
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  49. Estate of McGlue v. Commissioner
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  50. of New York, Helvering v. McGlue's
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