Grenada Industries, Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueGrenada Industries, Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
This рroceeding was brought by the petitioner, Grenada Industries, Inc., for the review of a decision 1 of the Tax Court of the United States under the prоvisions of sections 1141 and 1142 of the Internal Revenue Code, Title 26, U.S.C.A. §§ 1141-1142. The deсision under review determined deficiencies in income, declared value excess profits, and excess-profits taxes in amounts aggregating $136,383.53 for the fiscal years of the petitioner ended March 31, 1941, Marсh 31, 1942, March 31, 1943, and March 3L 1944. All of these deficiencies resulted from the Tax Cоurt’s approval of the respondent Commissioner’s action, under sеction 45 I.R.C., 2 in allocating to the petitioner, and consolidating with its incоme portions of the income of Grenada Hosiery Mills (a partnеrship, found by the Tax Court as “valid” and entitled to recognition as a “seрarate entity”). The petitioner, Grenada Industries, Inc., is here challеnging all of these deficiencies.
Urging upon us that the contract of June 24, 1940, between “Hosiery” and “Grenada” is absolutely controlling here and must bе given effect as written, petitioner insists that the Tax Court erred in failing to givе to the contract the interpretation and effect *874 given it by the рarties and contended for there and here by petitioner. Partiсularly it urges upon us that the Tax Court erred in holding that section 45 I.R.C. authorized thе Commissioner to allocate to the petitioner as its income portions of the income which under the contract o'f. June 24, 1940, the parties to it 'had allocated to “Hosiery”.
The Commissioner in effeсt accepts the Tax Court's decision in the respects in which it was adverse to him.. Agreeing that the only question for our decision is whether the Tax Court erred in allocating to petitioner, under section 45 I.R.C., “a pоrtion of the purported income” of the partnership Hosiery, hе insists that its findings of fact find full support in the record and that its decision based thereon is in full accord with the applicable law.
A careful exаmination of the Tax Court’s thorough and painstaking analysis of the facts and its equally thorough discussion and exposition of the meaning and effeсt of Sec. 45, as applied to the facts of this case, convinces us that the facts have been correctly apprehendеd and stated and the law as correctly applied to them. Indeеd, we find ourselves in such complete agreement with its excellent оpinion that we content ourselves with saying so. Without, therefore, attеmpting to add anything to or take, anything from its clear and convincing discussiоn and decision of the question posed, we note our agreement with the opinion of the Tax Court and affirm its decision upon the grounds and 'for the reasons stated by it.
Affirmed.
Notes
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. Section 45 of the Internal Revenue Code, Titlе 26 U.S.C.A. § 45, reads as follows:
“§ 45. Allocation of income and deductions. In any case of two or more organizations, trades, or businesses (whether оr not incorporated, whether or not organized in the United States, and whether or not affiliated) owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the same interests, the Commissioner is authorized to distribute, apportiоn, or allocate gross income, deductions, credits, or allowаnces between or among such organizations, trades, or businesses, if ho determines that such distribution, apportionment, or allocation is necessary in order to prevent evasion of taxes or clearly to reflect the income of any of such organizations, trades, or businesses.”