Preface |
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Acknowledgements |
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Table of Internal Revenue Code Sections |
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Table of Treasury Regulations |
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Table of Cases and Rulings |
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PART I Taxation of Corporations and Shareholders |
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1 | (360) |
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Taxation of Corporate Income |
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1 | (38) |
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The Regular Corporate Income Tax |
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1 | (5) |
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The Alternative Minimum Tax |
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6 | (4) |
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Selected Tax Policy Issues |
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10 | (29) |
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The Incidence of the Corporation Income Tax |
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10 | (7) |
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Integration of the Corporation and Personal Income Taxes |
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17 | (22) |
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Identifying Taxable Corporate Entities |
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39 | (35) |
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What Is a ``Corporation'' Under the Income Tax? |
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40 | (9) |
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Regard and Disregard of the Corporate Entity |
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49 | (18) |
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67 | (7) |
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Formation of the Corporation |
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74 | (56) |
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Receipt of Stock for Property |
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74 | (15) |
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74 | (6) |
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``Solely for Stock''---The Receipt of Other Property |
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80 | (9) |
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``Solely'' for Stock: Assumption of Liabilities |
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89 | (20) |
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The ``Control'' Requirement |
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109 | (11) |
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Receipt of Stock for Services |
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120 | (3) |
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``Property'' and Midstream Transfers of Income Items |
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123 | (7) |
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The Capital Structure of the Corporation |
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130 | (54) |
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130 | (38) |
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Deductible Interest or Nondeductible Dividend Distribution: General Principles Governing Classification as Debt or Equity |
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132 | (26) |
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Deductions for Loss of Investment in a Corporation |
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158 | (10) |
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Bond Discount and Premium |
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168 | (16) |
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168 | (13) |
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181 | (3) |
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184 | (51) |
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184 | (3) |
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Dividend Distributions in General |
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187 | (15) |
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Distribution of a Dividend in Kind |
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202 | (7) |
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209 | (18) |
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227 | (8) |
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235 | (56) |
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235 | (3) |
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Substantially Disproportionate Redemptions |
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238 | (5) |
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Termination of a Shareholder's Interest |
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243 | (6) |
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Distributions Not ``Essentially Equivalent to a Dividend'' |
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249 | (11) |
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260 | (12) |
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Redemptions Through the Use of Related Corporations |
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272 | (14) |
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Stock Redemption Distributions to Pay Death Tax |
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286 | (5) |
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291 | (40) |
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Taxable Versus Nontaxable Stock Dividend |
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291 | (24) |
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Judicial and Statutory Background |
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291 | (10) |
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The Current Statutory Structure |
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301 | (14) |
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The Preferred Stock Bailout |
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315 | (16) |
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The Source of the Problem |
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315 | (1) |
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316 | (15) |
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331 | (30) |
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331 | (2) |
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Treatment of the Corporation |
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333 | (5) |
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Treatment of Shareholders |
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338 | (7) |
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Liquidation of Subsidiary Corporations---Section 332 |
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345 | (16) |
PART II Elective Passthrough Tax Treatment |
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361 | (70) |
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361 | (70) |
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361 | (4) |
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Eligibility, Election and Termination |
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365 | (19) |
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365 | (6) |
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371 | (7) |
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S Corporation Election Procedures |
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378 | (3) |
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Revocation or Termination of S Corporation Status |
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381 | (2) |
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Coordination With Subchapter C |
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383 | (1) |
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Effect of the Subchapter S Election by a Corporation With No C Corporation History |
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384 | (29) |
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Passthrough of Income and Loss |
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384 | (25) |
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409 | (4) |
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S Corporations That Have a C Corporation History |
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413 | (15) |
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Distributions From an S Corporation With Earnings and Profits Accumulated From Subchapter C Years |
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413 | (4) |
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Passive Investment Income of an S Corporation With Accumu-lated Earnings and Profits |
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417 | (3) |
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420 | (7) |
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Policy Aspects of the Treatment of Subchapter S Corporations With a Subchapter C History |
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427 | (1) |
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Policy Aspects of Subchapter S |
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428 | (3) |
PART III Affiliated Corporation |
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431 | (34) |
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431 | (34) |
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Tax Reduction With Multiple Corporate Taxpayers |
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432 | (7) |
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432 | (1) |
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433 | (4) |
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Reallocation of Income Under Section 482 |
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437 | (2) |
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439 | (26) |
PART IV Corporate Acquisition Techniques |
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465 | (176) |
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Taxable Acquisitions: The Purchase and Sale of a Corporate Business |
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465 | (27) |
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467 | (8) |
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475 | (14) |
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Medium of Payment: Special Problems of Subordinated Convertible Debentures |
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489 | (3) |
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Distributions Made in Connection With the Sale of a Corporate Business: ``Bootstrap'' Acquisitions |
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492 | (23) |
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Bootstrap Transactions Involving Individuals: Capital Gain Versus Ordinary Income |
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493 | (14) |
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Bootstrap Transactions Involving Corporations |
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507 | (8) |
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Tax Free Acquisitive Reorganizations |
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515 | (126) |
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Early Judicial Background |
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515 | (3) |
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The Fundamental Rules Governing Reorganizations |
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518 | (65) |
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The Basic Statutory Scheme |
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518 | (8) |
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The Continuity of Interest Requirement |
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526 | (14) |
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The Continuity of Business Enterprise Requirement |
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540 | (4) |
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544 | (20) |
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Tax Results to the Parties to a Reorganization |
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564 | (19) |
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Stock for Stock Acquisitions: Type (B) Reorganizations |
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583 | (24) |
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Stock for Assets Acquisitions: Type (C) Reorganizations |
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607 | (10) |
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Triangular Reorganizations |
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617 | (9) |
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Bankruptcy Reorganizations: Type (G) Reorganizations |
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626 | (9) |
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Tax Policy: Acquisition Transactions |
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635 | (6) |
PART V Nonacquisitive Reorganizations |
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641 | (88) |
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Single Corporation Reorganizations |
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641 | (33) |
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641 | (2) |
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643 | (13) |
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Changes in Identity, Form, or Place of Organization: Type (F) Reorganizations |
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656 | (8) |
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Nondivisive Type (D) Reorganizations |
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664 | (10) |
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Corporate Divisions: Spin--Offs, Split--Offs, and Split--Ups |
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674 | (55) |
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Corporate Divisions: General Rules |
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674 | (11) |
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``Active Conduct of a Trade or Business,'' ``Device,'' and Other Limitations |
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685 | (24) |
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The ``Device'' Limitation |
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690 | (5) |
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Active Conduct of a Trade or Business |
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695 | (11) |
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The ``Business Purpose'' Requirement |
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706 | (3) |
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Distribution of ``Control'' and Continuity of Interest Requirements |
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709 | (9) |
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Divisive Distributions In Connection with Acquisitions |
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718 | (11) |
PART VI Corporate Attributes in Reorganizations and Other Transactions |
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729 | (50) |
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Carry Over and Limitation of Corporate Tax Attributes |
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729 | (50) |
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Carry Over of Tax Attributes |
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729 | (7) |
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Limitations on Net Operating Loss Carryovers Following a Change In Corporate Ownership |
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736 | (43) |
PART VII Special Rules to Prevent Avoidance of Shareholder Lever Tax |
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779 | (28) |
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779 | (28) |
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The Accumulated Earnings Tax |
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780 | (10) |
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The Personal Holding Company Tax |
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790 | (5) |
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795 | (12) |
Index |
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