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Famous Tax Quote #29 - Taxing Corporate Distributions

2010-07-04

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Continuing our series on Famous Tax Quotes (quotes from court opinions with language that is colorful or that concisely states an important tax principle) today's tax quote is:

It may well be that the earnings and profits requirement is subject to criticism and that a more satisfactory method of taxing corporate distrubutions could be devised.  But we must work within the framework which Congress has provided.  [citations omitted]

Gross v. Commissioner, 236 F.2d 612 (2d Cir. 1956)

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