Estate of Pauline Welch, Deceased, Newton G. Welch, Jr. and Lois Welch McGowan, Co-Executors - Page 9

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          arm's-length sales, the value of closely held stock must be                 
          determined indirectly by weighing the corporation's net worth,              
          prospective earning power, dividend-paying capacity, and other              
          relevant factors.  Sec. 2031(b); Estate of Andrews v.                       
          Commissioner, 79 T.C. 938, 940 (1982).  Fair market value is a              
          factual determination for which the trier of fact must weigh all            
          relevant evidence and draw appropriate inferences and                       
          conclusions.  Commissioner v. Scottish Am. Inv. Co., 323 U.S.               
          119, 123-125 (1944).                                                        
               The parties agree that the fair market value of decedent's             
          interest in ESI and ISC as of the applicable valuation date,                
          absent a discount for built-in capital gains, is $328,294 and               
          $365,419, respectively.6  The estate argues that a willing seller           
          and a willing buyer of the corporate stock would have discounted            
          the value of ESI's and ISC's stock to reflect the income tax                
          liability due upon sale of the condemned properties.  In support            
          thereof, the estate contends:  At the time of decedent's death,             
          the real property owned by ESI and ISC was under threat of                  
          condemnation by the Housing Authority; that the real property was           
          in fact sold to the Housing Authority; and that a portion of the            
          nonvoting common stock owned by the decedent at her death was               

               6  These figures reflect respondent's allowance of the 50              
          percent minority discount and the parties' agreement that the               
          fair market value of the real property formerly owned by ESI and            
          ISC, absent any discount, was $775,000 and $550,000,                        
          respectively.                                                               




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