Schenley Indus., Inc. v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue, Docket Nos. 40964-40967.

Decision Date15 April 1964
Docket NumberDocket Nos. 40964-40967.
Citation42 T.C. 129
CourtU.S. Tax Court
PartiesSCHENLEY INDUSTRIES, INC., A CORPORATION, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO PARK & TILFORD DISTILLERS CORPORATION, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO PARK & TILFORD IMPORT CORPORATION, ET AL.,1 PETITIONERS, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT

OPINION TEXT STARTS HERE

Jacquin D. Bierman, for the petitioners.

Arthur N. Mindling, for the respondent.

1. Held: Park & Tilford Import Corp. qualifies for relief under section 722(b)(4) of the 1939 Code. Determination made of a fair and just amount representing normal earnings to be used in the taxpayer's constructive average base period net income.

2. Held, further, Park & Tilford Distillers Corp. not entitled to relief under section 722(b)(4).

3. Held, further, Bonnie Bros. not entitled to relief under section 722(b)(4) or (b)(5).

4. Held, further, Park & Tilford Distillery, Inc., not entitled to relief under section 722(c).

TRAIN, Judge:

Respondent determined deficiencies and petitioners claimed overpayments in the respective dockets for the years and in the amounts as follows:

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                ¦Schenley Industries, Inc., a Corporation, Successor by Merger to Park & Tilford Distillers Corporation, Successor by Merger to Park & Tilford Import Corporation.  ¦
                ¦                                                                                                                                                                   ¦
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                ¦DOCKET NO. 40964                                                                                                                                                   ¦
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                ¦                                              ¦                                           ¦Petitioner's                                                            ¦
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                ¦Calendar year                                 ¦Deficiencies                               ¦claimed overpayments                                                    ¦
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                ¦1940                                          ¦                                           ¦$64,614.20                                                              ¦
                +----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------¦
                ¦1941                                          ¦                                           ¦209,258.47                                                              ¦
                +----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------¦
                ¦1942                                          ¦$112,878.29                                ¦900,221.10                                                              ¦
                +----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------¦
                ¦1943                                          ¦151,056.30                                 ¦674,300.70                                                              ¦
                +----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------¦
                ¦1944                                          ¦                                           ¦434,354.97                                                              ¦
                +----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------¦
                ¦1945                                          ¦                                           ¦294,827.08                                                              ¦
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                ¦Bonnie Bros. and Schenley Industries, Inc., Successor by Merger to Park & Tilford Distillers Corporation, Formerly Park & Tilford, Inc., Sole Stockholder at Time of Dissolution of Bonnie Bros.  ¦
                ¦                                                                                                                                                                                                  ¦
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                ¦DOCKET NO.40965                                                                                                                                                                                   ¦
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                ¦                                                                  ¦                                                            ¦Petitioner's                                                      ¦
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                ¦Calendar year                                                     ¦Deficiencies                                                ¦claimed over-                                                     ¦
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                ¦                                                                  ¦                                                            ¦payment                                                           ¦
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                ¦1941                                                              ¦$9,423.27                                                   ¦$9,423.27                                                         ¦
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                ¦1942                                                              ¦35,761.32                                                   ¦35,761.32                                                         ¦
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                ¦Schenley Industries, Inc., Successor by Merger to Park & Tilford Distillers Corporation, Successor by Merger to Park & Tilford Distillers, Inc.  ¦
                ¦                                                                                                                                                 ¦
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                ¦DOCKET NO. 40966                                                                                                                                 ¦
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                ¦                                                 ¦                                             ¦Petitioner's                                     ¦
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                ¦Calendar year                                    ¦Deficiencies                                 ¦claimed over-                                    ¦
                +-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------¦
                ¦                                                 ¦                                             ¦payments                                         ¦
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                ¦1940                                             ¦                                             ¦$16,706.84                                       ¦
                +-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------¦
                ¦1941
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