United States v. Benedict
United States v. Benedict
Opinion of the Court
On writ of certiorari (336 U. S. 966) to review a judgment of the Court of Claims holding that under a trust indenture
The judgment of the Court of Claims was reversed, February 13,1950, by the Supreme Court in an opinion delivered by Mr. Justice Burton.
The syllabus of the Supreme Court opinion is as follows:
In 1944, trustees permanently set aside a charitable contribution from gains realized upon the disposition of capital assets held in the trust for more than six months. Pursuant to § 117 (b) of the Internal Revenue Code, they treated only 50% of these capital gains as income in computing the income of the trust. Meld: Under § 162 (a), only 50% of the charitable contribution (the porportionate part attributable to the taxable part of the capital gains) could be deducted in computing the federal income tax of the trust.
Reference
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- United States v. HELEN W. BENEDICT AND FRANK B. SMITH, AS TRUSTEES, AND LELAND E. STOWELL AND UNITED STATES TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEES UNDER THE WILL OF JOHN E. ANDRUS
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