RJR Nabisco Inc. (Formerly R.J. Reynolds Industries, Inc.) and Consolidated Subsidiaries - Page 1

                                 T.C. Memo. 1998-252                                  


                               UNITED STATES TAX COURT                                


             RJR NABISCO INC. (FORMERLY R.J. REYNOLDS INDUSTRIES, INC.)               
                    AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES, Petitioner v.                      
                    COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent                      


               Docket No. 3796-95.                 Filed July 8, 1998.                

                    P is the common parent of an affiliated group of                  
               corporations making a consolidated return of income.                   
               M1, a member of the affiliated group, claimed a                        
               deduction pursuant to sec. 162, I.R.C., for graphic                    
               design expenditures relating to cigarette package                      
               designs.  M2, another member of the affiliated group,                  
               reported a portion of an international arbitration                     
               award that it received as an amount realized on the                    
               sale or other disposition of property.  R determined a                 
               deficiency in P's consolidated income tax liability,                   
               disallowing the deduction as a sec. 162, I.R.C.,                       
               expense and recharacterizing the graphic design                        
               expenditures as capital expenditures.  R further                       
               treated the disputed portion of the arbitration award                  
               as ordinary income.  Held:  Graphic design expenditures                
               for cigarette packages are advertising expenses,                       
               deductible under sec. 162, I.R.C.  Held, further, the                  
               disputed portion of the arbitration award is an amount                 
               realized on the sale or other disposition of property.                 






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