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Bankers Sec. Corp. v. Phila. Sch. Dist

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Nov 9, 1959
155 A.2d 835 (Pa. 1959)

Summary

In Bankers Securities Corporation v. Philadelphia School District, 397 Pa. 413, 155 A.2d 835 (1959), we held that even dividends were taxable where those dividends were derived from a business activity, thus emphasizing that the nature of the activity producing the receipt is the determinative factor.

Summary of this case from Freedman v. Phila. Tax Rev. Bd.

Opinion

September 29, 1959.

November 9, 1959.

Taxation — General business tax — School District of Philadelphia — Petitioner engaged in various enterprises — Income from stock investments — Words and Phrases — "Business" — "Receipts" — Act of May 23, 1949, P. L. 1669, as amended.

On appeal from an assessment by the School District of Philadelphia for general business taxes under the Act of May 23, 1949, P. L. 1669, as amended, in which it appeared that petitioner operated a department store, four hotels, and had various other real estate holdings, from which it received a substantial gross income; that petitioner also owned securities, and that dividends on these securities, and profits from sales thereof, totaled a substantial sum; and that the court below, holding that petitioner was engaged in "business" and that the gross income from its investments constituted "receipts" within the meaning of the Act, concluded that petitioner's income from its investments was subject to the general business tax; it was Held that the judgment of the court below should be affirmed.

Mr. Justice BOK took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.

Before JONES, C. J., BELL, MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN and McBRIDE, JJ.

Appeal, No. 226, Jan. T., 1959, from judgment of Superior Court, Oct. T., 1958, No. 250, affirming final order of Court of Common Pleas No. 6 of Philadelphia County, March T., 1957, No. 8727, in case of Bankers Securities Corporation v. School District of Philadelphia et al. Judgment affirmed; reargument refused December 11, 1959.

Same case in Superior Court: 188 Pa. Super. 463.

Appeal by taxpayer from general business tax assessment. Before BOK, P. J.

Order entered dismissing appeal. Taxpayer appealed to Superior Court which affirmed judgment, opinion per curiam. Appeal to Supreme Court allowed.

William A. Kelley, Jr., with him Folz, Bard, Kamsler, Goodis Greenfield, for appellant.

C. Brewster Rhoads, with him Edward B. Soken, and Montgomery, McCracken, Walker Rhoads, for appellees.


The order of the Superior Court is affirmed on the opinion of President Judge (now Justice) BOK, of the Court of Common Pleas No. 6 of Philadelphia County, reported at 16 Pa. D. C.2d 248.

Mr. Justice BOK took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.


Summaries of

Bankers Sec. Corp. v. Phila. Sch. Dist

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Nov 9, 1959
155 A.2d 835 (Pa. 1959)

In Bankers Securities Corporation v. Philadelphia School District, 397 Pa. 413, 155 A.2d 835 (1959), we held that even dividends were taxable where those dividends were derived from a business activity, thus emphasizing that the nature of the activity producing the receipt is the determinative factor.

Summary of this case from Freedman v. Phila. Tax Rev. Bd.
Case details for

Bankers Sec. Corp. v. Phila. Sch. Dist

Case Details

Full title:Bankers Securities Corporation, Appellant, v. Philadelphia School District

Court:Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Date published: Nov 9, 1959

Citations

155 A.2d 835 (Pa. 1959)
155 A.2d 835

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