Helvering v. Eubank
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Helvering v. Eubank is a U.S. Supreme Court tax law decision addressing when income from assigned rights is taxable to the assignor rather than the assignee.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Helvering v. Eubank canonical | 1 |
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
ⓘ
federal income tax case ⓘ tax assignment of income case ⓘ |
| appliesDoctrine |
assignment of income from services
ⓘ
substance over form ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
federal income tax
ⓘ
tax law ⓘ |
| category |
United States Supreme Court cases in tax law
ⓘ
United States federal taxation case law ⓘ |
| citationStatus | leading case on assignment of income ⓘ |
| clarifies | that the power to dispose of income is equivalent to ownership for tax purposes ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| holding | income from assigned rights remained taxable to the assignor ⓘ |
| influenced | later U.S. federal income tax assignment-of-income cases ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | United States federal law ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
assignment of income doctrine
ⓘ
taxation of assigned income ⓘ |
| party |
Eubank
ⓘ
Helvering ⓘ |
| petitioner | Helvering ⓘ |
| principle |
a taxpayer cannot escape tax by assigning the right to receive income while retaining the source of that income
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income is taxed to the person who earns it or who owns the property that produces it ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
anticipatory assignment of income
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taxation of income from property ⓘ taxation of income from services ⓘ |
| respondent | Eubank ⓘ |
| result | assigned renewal commissions were taxable to the assignor ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
federal income taxation of insurance renewal commissions
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tax consequences of assigning contract rights to income ⓘ |
| usedFor | interpreting when income is taxable to the assignor rather than the assignee ⓘ |
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