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· 1/5/1931

Burnet v. Sanford & Brooks Co.

Citations

  • 282 U.S. 359
  • 51 S. Ct. 150
  • 75 L. Ed. 383
  • 1931 U.S. LEXIS 7
  • 1 C.B. 363
  • 9 A.F.T.R. (P-H) 603
  • 2 U.S. Tax Cas. (CCH) 636

How courts have described this case

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  • confirming that the income tax acts enacted by Congress imposed annual, rather than transactional, accounting for income
  • Sixteenth Amendment permits accrual method

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Judges: Stone

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