Simon Says: A Liddle Night Music With those Depreciation Deductions, Please

Deborah A Geier, Joseph M Dodge

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    Abstract

    This 1995 article, co-authored with Joseph M. Dodge, explores why the decision in Simon v. Commissioner, 103 T.C. 247 (1994), was wrong, effectively allowing premature deduction of a capital expenditure and, thus, consumption taxation (as opposed to income taxation).

    Original languageAmerican English
    JournalTax Notes
    StatePublished - Oct 30 1995

    Keywords

    • depreciation
    • Section 168
    • wasting asset
    • utilitarian business use

    Disciplines

    • Tax Law

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