Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1992
Publication Title
Florida Tax Review
Keywords
Commissioner v. Tufts, nonrecourse debt, Section 1001, recourse debt, debt-discharge theory, Tufts
Abstract
This 1992 article first explores how the concept of - 61(a)(12) debt-discharge income evolved over time from a "balance sheet improvement" rationale to one recognizing that what is properly measured under - 61(a)(12) is the prior receipt that would have been a wealth accession at that time if not for the absolute obligation to repay (without regard to balance sheet consequences). The article then goes on to explore how the Supreme Court created unnecessary mischief in Tufts v. Commissioner, 461 U.S. 300 (1983), by failing to recognize the critical differences between - 1001 "gain" or "loss" and - 61(a)(12) debt-discharge income.
Repository Citation
Deborah A. Geier, Tufts and the Evolution of Debt-Discharge Theory, 1 Florida Tax Review 115 (December 1992)
Publisher's Statement
© University of Florida Levin College of Law, P.O. Box 117620, Gainesville, FL 32611. See the Florida Tax Review's web site at © University of Florida Levin College of Law, P.O. Box 117620, Gainesville, FL 32611. See the Florida Tax Review's Web Site. http://www.law.ufl.edu/tax/review.shtml
Comments
Portions reprinted in Federal Income Tax Anthology, P. Caron, K. Burke, & G. McCough eds., Anderson Co. 1997