Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Lucas v. Earl, 281 U.S. 111 (1930), is a United States Supreme Court case concerning U.S. Federal income taxation, about a man who reported only half of his earnings for years 1920 and 1921. The case addresses the taxpayer's attempt at tax avoidance based on a contract with his wife. The contract specified that earnings were owned by the couple as joint tenants. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. delivered the Court’s opinion which generally stands for the proposition that income from services is taxed to the party who performed the services. The case is used to support the proposition that the substance of the transaction, rather than the form, is controlling for tax purposes.. }
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- Lucas_v._Earl abstract "Lucas v. Earl, 281 U.S. 111 (1930), is a United States Supreme Court case concerning U.S. Federal income taxation, about a man who reported only half of his earnings for years 1920 and 1921. The case addresses the taxpayer's attempt at tax avoidance based on a contract with his wife. The contract specified that earnings were owned by the couple as joint tenants. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. delivered the Court’s opinion which generally stands for the proposition that income from services is taxed to the party who performed the services. The case is used to support the proposition that the substance of the transaction, rather than the form, is controlling for tax purposes.".