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652 S.W.2d 896

Cook Export Corp. v. King

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided June 13, 1983

Tennessee Supreme Court · decided 1983-06-13

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently March 2016

2 state decisions

Relies on Cook Export Corp. v. King

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Decided 1983-06-13

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DROWOTA and BROCK, Justices

¶1concurring in part and dissenting in part.

¶2We adhere to our dissenting opinion in Cook Export Corporation v. King, 617 S.W.2d 879, 882 (Tenn.1981), in which we stated that “a corporation is not subject to excise and franchise taxation simply because it is organized for profit. The corporation must also be ‘doing business in Tennessee’ during the year of the assessment.”

¶3We held that Cook Export’s activities were insufficient in quantity and significance to constitute “doing business in Tennessee.” We further held that “the Commissioner failed to tax the proper entity. The Commissioner should have attributed to the parent, Cook Industries, the earnings and assets of its subsidiary, Cook Export.” We continue to believe that the Commissioner should have attributed back to Cook Industries that portion of its export profits transferred to Cook Export.

¶4We concur in all other respects with the majority opinion on those issues that are *901not inconsistent with our original dissenting opinion.

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