2nd Circuit Reverses Eisenberg, Allows Discount for Capital Gains Tax

Business Valuation UpdateVol. 4 No. 10
Legal and Court Case Update
October 1998

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estate and gift taxation
fair market value (FMV)
Eisenberg v. Commissioner
155 F.3d 50, 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 20109
August 18, 1998
US
Federal Court
2nd Circuit
United States Court of Appeals
Carman

Summary

This decision reverses the U.S. Tax Court decision, which disallowed a discount from net asset value reflecting potential capital gains taxes for a C corporation with a piece of commercial real estate as its major asset.

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Eisenberg v. Commissioner

Full Text of Court Cases
August 18, 1998

At issue is the valuation reduction for capital gains tax liabilities of appellant's gifted shares of stock.