- 17 - petitioners sold goodwill and a going-concern to the buyers. Respondent points out that petitioners had a good business location and customers and that the contract for exchange required petitioners to operate and maintain their business. Going-concern value is the ability of a business to produce income even though there has been a change in ownership; goodwill is the existence of preexisting business relationships which may be expected to continue indefinitely. Ithaca Indus., Inc. v. Commissioner, 97 T.C. 253, 264 (1991), affd. 17 F.3d 684 (4th Cir. 1994). Whether goodwill and going-concern value exist is a question of fact. Id. at 263-264. The parties did not discuss transferring or exchanging the sand mine business. Petitioners did not transfer any customer lists to the buyers. Petitioners did not transfer management systems or records to the buyers. The record does not show that petitioners had any property rights to the business name. Petitioners did not charge the buyers for transferring rights to use the business name. Dakic, Burke, Gilmore, and Mrs. Beeler testified that petitioners did not transfer to the buyers goodwill, going-concern value, or an ongoing business. The documents conveying property from petitioners to the buyers did not refer to goodwill or going-concern value. We conclude that any goodwill or going-concern value transferred by petitioners to the buyers was de minimis.Page: Previous 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Next
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