§462 — Repealed. June 15, 1955, ch. 143, § 1(b), 69 Stat. 134]
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Statute Text — 26 U.S.C. §462
[§ 462. Repealed. June 15, 1955, ch. 143, § 1(b), 69 Stat. 134] Section, act Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736 68A Stat. 158, related to reserves for estimated expenses. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries Effective Date of RepealRepeal effective with respect to taxable years beginning after Dec. 31, 1953, and ending after Aug. 16, 1954, see section 3 of Act June 15, 1955, set out as an Effective Date of 1955 Amendment note under section 381 of this title. Savings ProvisionFor provisions concerning increase in tax in any taxable year ending on or before June 15, 1955 by reason of enactment of act June 15, 1955, see section 4 of act June 15, 1955, set out as a note under section 381 of this title.
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462, current version at 25 U.S.C. sec. 1 (1994). Borrowed funds are not included in a taxpayer's income. Nor are repayments of a loan deductible from income. When, however, one's obligation to repay the funds is settled for less than the amount of the loan, one ordinarily realizes income from discharge - 10 - of indebtedness.3 Sec. 61(a)(12);
462 (repealed 1955). Accordingly, this Court in Altec Corp. v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 1977-438, characterized shrinkage estimates as a reserve. Former section 462 (repealed 1955) allowed taxpayers to deduct increases in reserves for certain estimated expenses. This section was repealed, and the law is well settled that only a few reserves ac