Payment to Estate Partly for Decedent's Services

Business Valuation UpdateVol. 2 No. 8
Legal and Court Case Update
August 1996

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Estate of Cartwright v. Commissioner
T.C. Memo 1996-286, 1996 Tax Ct. Memo LEXIS 299
June 20, 1996
US
Federal Court
United States Tax Court
Herbert T. Spiro (for respondent) <br>Alan W. Johnson (for petitioner)
Colvin

Summary

Decedent owned 71.43% of the stock of a law firm (CSB) that specialized in personal injury law, with earnings based on contingent fees.

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Estate of Cartwright v. Commissioner

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June 20, 1996

At issue is whether life insurance proceeds were paid to decedent's estate solely to redeem his CSB stock, as petitioner contends, or partly for his CSB stock and partly for any claims for cases or work in process, as respondent contends.