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United States v. General Dynamics Corp., 481 U.S. 239 (1987), is a United States Supreme Court case, which hold that under 162(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. 162(a)) and Treasury Regulation 1.461-1(a)(2) ( 26 CFR 1.461-1(a)(2)), the "all events" test entitled an accrual-basis taxpayer to a federal income tax business-expense deduction, for the taxable year in which (1) all events ...
Under the U.S. tax code, businesses expenditures can be deducted from the total taxable income when filing income taxes if a taxpayer can show the funds were used for business-related activities, [1] not personal [2] or capital expenses (i.e., long-term, tangible assets, such as property). [3]
It concerns deductions for business expenses. It is one of the most important provisions in the Code, because it is the most widely used authority for deductions. [1] If an expense is not deductible, then Congress considers the cost to be a consumption expense. Section 162(a) requires six different elements in order to claim a deduction.
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Though these payments qualified for § 162 deduction as expenses paid in the course of the opticians' trade or business, the IRS argued that the expenses should be disallowed as against public policy. [8] While the Court disapproved of the business ethics displayed by the opticians, the Court upheld the deductions as valid under the Code. [8]
Some deductions remain every year, but others change or disappear, and new ones crop up. Learn the most common tax deductions available for tax year 2019.
Examples of above-the-line deductions include student loan interest, health savings account (HSA) contributions, tuition and educator expenses. “Think of tax deductions as tools to chip away at ...
Internal Revenue Code Section 62(a)(1) allows above-the-line deductions for most ordinary and necessary business expenses which are attributable to a trade or business carried on by the taxpayer, if such trade or business does not consist of the performance of services by the taxpayer as an employee. I.R.C. 162(a).