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2017-08-24

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Continuing our series on Famous Tax Quotes (quotes from court opinions and rulings with language that is colorful or that concisely states an important tax principle) today's tax quote is:

At the heart of the labyrinth, where one might expect to find, if not a Minotaur, then at least an old movie lion, we find high-basis, low-value assets (said to have spawned startling losses) and some B-grade films.

Santa Monica Pictures, LLC et al. v. Commr. 89 T.C.M. 1157 (2005)

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