General Explanation of the Revenue Act of 1978, H.R. 13511, 95th Congress, Public Law 95-600

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1979 - Income tax - 473 pages

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Page 300 - Generally such relationship exists when the person for whom services are performed has the right to control and direct the individual who performs the services, not only as to the result to be accomplished by the work but also as to the details and means by which that result is accomplished.
Page 255 - ... new residence") is purchased and used by the taxpayer as his principal residence, gain (if any) from such sale shall be recognized only to the extent that the taxpayer's adjusted sales price (as defined in subsection (b) ) of the old residence exceeds the taxpayer's cost of purchasing the new residence.
Page 134 - ... personal holding company income as defined in section 543, and if at any time during the last half of the taxable year more than 50 percent in value of its outstanding stock is owned, directly or indirectly, by or for not more than five individuals. (Sections 541-547.) Foreign personal holding companies. — Section 551 (a) requires that the undistributed foreign personal holding company income...
Page 168 - ... persons who have completed or left high school and who are available for full-time study in preparation for entering the labor market...
Page 253 - SO percent (62^2 percent, in the case of a corporation) of the amount of gain which would have been long-term capital gain if the property contributed had been sold by the taxpayer at its fair market value (determined at the time of such contribution).
Page 128 - An individual who owns the entire interest In an unincorporated trade or business shall be treated as his own employer. A partnership shall be treated as the employer of each partner who is an employee within the meaning of paragraph ( 1 ) . (5) Contributions on behalf of owner-employees. The term "contribution on behalf of an owneremployee...
Page 205 - December 31, 1978, this section also applies to each activity — (i) engaged in by the taxpayer in carrying on a trade or business or for the production of income, and (ii) which is not described in paragraph (1).
Page 173 - All employees of all corporations that are members of a controlled group of corporations are to be treated as if they were employees of the same corporation for purposes of determining the years of employment of any employee and wages for any employee up to $6,000.
Page 245 - December 31, 1953, but only if made not later than the time prescribed by law for filing the return for such taxable year (including extensions thereof).
Page 294 - January 1, 1980, the basis of property will be its fair market value at the date of the decedent's death or at the applicable valuation date if the alternate valuation provision is elected for estate tax purposes.

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