Accounting Method Trumps Valuation in ‘Clear Reflection of Income’ Case

Business Valuation UpdateVol. 13 No. 7
Legal and Court Case Update
July 2007
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Heilig Meyers Co. v. Internal Revenue Service
2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 11052
May 9, 2007
US
Federal Court
4th Circuit
United States Court of Appeals
Brian P. Arthur, Brian S. Gleicher, Bruce R. Ellisen, Chuck Rosenberg, Eileen J. O'Connor, Joan Iris Oppenheimer, Michael Brown Quigley
Ernst & Young (debtor/taxpayer); Theodore Barnhill Jr. (IRS)
Wilkinson

Summary

Taxpayer’s fair market valuation of account receivables must “clearly reflect income” under accounting requirements of IRC §446(b).

See Also

Heilig Meyers Co. v. Internal Revenue Service

Taxpayer’s fair market valuation of account receivables must "clearly reflect income" under accounting requirements of IRC §446(b).