Excerpt from Federal Income Tax Considerations in Oil and Gas Company Acquisitions: Scheduled for a Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Agricultural Taxation of the Committee on Finance on April 5, 1984 The Subcommittee on Energy and Agricultural Taxation of the Committee on Finance has scheduled a public hearing on April 5, 1984, on Federal income tax considerations in oil and gas company acquisitions. This pamphlet, prepared in connection with the hearing, provides a description of some of those considerations. The first part of the pamphlet contains a summary of recent acquisition activity involving oil and gas companies and of present law. The second part provides a brief discussion of the role of Federal income tax policy in oil and gas company acquisitions. The third part describes present law in more detail. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Federal Income Tax Considerations in Oil and Gas Company Acquisitions: Scheduled for a Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Agricultural Taxation of the Committee on Finance on April 5, 1984 In the case of most taxable acquisitions of oil and gas compa nies, the parties can structure it so that the transaction will not be fully taxable to the target company but the acquiring corporation will be able to obtain a new. Fair market value basis in the assets involved, with resulting future tax benefits. Whether the transac tion will be structured in that fashion depends on a great number of factors. The acquisitions can also be done as tax-free reorganizations, in which the acquiring corporations generally issue shares of their stock to the sellers. Generally, reorganization transactions are tax free to all parties involved. Furthermore, the acquiring corporation generally succeeds to the acquired corporation's basis in the prop erty acquired; Finally, dividends paid on any stock issued in the re organization will give rise. To a dividends received deduction for most corporate holders of such stock. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.