Gregory v. Helvering, 293 U.S. 465 (1935)
U.S. Supreme Court, (January 07, 1935)
Docket number: 127
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U.S. Supreme Court GREGORY v. HELVERING, 293 U.S. 465 (1935)
[Page 293 U.S. 465, 470] When that limited function had been exercised, it immediately was put to death. In these circumstances, the facts speak for themselves and are susceptible of but one interpretation. The whole undertaking, though conducted according to the terms of subdivision (B), was in fact an elaborate and devious form of conveyance masquerading as a corporate reorganization, and nothing else. The rule which excludes from consideration the motive of tax avoidance is not pertinent to the situation, because the transaction upon its face lies outside the plain intent of the statute. To hold otherwise would be to exalt artifice above reality and to deprive the statutory provision in question of all serious purpose. Judgment affirmed.