Flint v. Stone Tracy Co.
Case Date: 05/19/2024
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Flint v. Stone Tracy Co. 220 U.S. 107 (1911) was a United States Supreme Court case challenging the validity of an income tax on corporations. The court ruled that the privilege of operating in corporate form is valuable and justifies imposition of an income tax:
The continuity of the business, without interruption by death or dissolution, the transfer of property interests by the disposition of shares of stock, the advantages of business controlled and managed by corporate directors, the general absence of individual liability, these and other things inhere in the advantages of business thus conducted, which do not exist when the same business is conducted by private individuals or partnerships.
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