Colgate's Bid to Reduce Federal Taxes Fails

Business Valuation UpdateVol. 3 No. 5
Legal and Court Case Update
May 1997

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federal taxation
income tax
ACM Partnership v. Commissioner
T.C. Memo 1997-115, 1997 Tax Ct. Memo LEXIS 118
March 5, 1997
US
Federal Court
United States Tax Court
Laro

Summary

In a complex transaction aimed at reducing federal taxes, Colgate, Merrill Lynch, and ABN Ambro Bank formed a partnership, ACM ...

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ACM Partnership v. Commissioner

Full Text of Court Cases
March 5, 1997

Issues are whether subject transactions lacked economic substance, foreign partner should be treated as a lender, and allocation of taxable gain had substantial economic effect.