Estate of Gallagher v. Comm'r

2011 T.C. Memo. 244, 102 T.C.M. 388, 2011 Tax Ct. Memo LEXIS 240
United States Tax Court·Decided October 11, 2011·No. Docket No. 16853-08·Unpublished·Cited by 1 cases

Opinion

ESTATE OF LOUISE PAXTON GALLAGHER, DECEASED, F. GORDON SPOOR, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE, Petitioner v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent *
Estate of Gallagher v. Comm'r
Docket No. 16853-08
United States Tax Court
T.C. Memo 2011-244; 2011 Tax Ct. Memo LEXIS 240; 102 T.C.M. (CCH) 388;
October 11, 2011, Filed
Estate of Gallagher v. Comm'r, T.C. Memo 2011-148, 2011 Tax Ct. Memo LEXIS 150 (T.C., 2011)
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Decision will be entered under Rule 155, Tax Court Rules of Practice and Procedure.

James R. Spoor and Jon M. Wilson, for petitioner.
Stephen R. Takeuchi and Robert W. Dillard, for respondent.
HALPERN, Judge.

HALPERN
SUPPLEMENTAL MEMORANDUM OPINION

HALPERN, Judge: Our Memorandum Findings of Fact and Opinion in this case was reported as Estate of Gallagher v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2011-148. We issue this supplemental opinion to correct an error in our computation of the value of 3,970 membership interests (units) in Paxton Media Group, LLC, a Kentucky limited liability company included in Louise Paxton Gallagher's gross estate.

In the appendix to our original report, we calculated the value of the 3,970 units to be $32,601,640 by using a discounted cashflow analysis. We computed the total present value of expected cashflows for 5 years and added to that sum the present value of a reversion, which we assumed to be received at the end of the fifth year. In computing the present value of the reversion, we erred in using the present value factor "(1 + 0.1)6". To determine the present value of the reversion to be received at the end of the fifth year, the value of the exponent in the present *241 value factor should have been 5, not 6. We have attached hereto a new appendix in which we have revised our computation of the value of the 3,970 units, using the corrected present value factor and determining a value for the units of $35,761,760 (an increase of $3,160,120), which we find to be the value of the 3,970 units (the shares) as of the valuation date.

Decision will be entered under Rule 155, Tax Court Rules of Practice and Procedure.

Valuation of 3,970 Units of Paxton Media Group, LLC as of July 5, 2004
Projected ItemsLTM * ended June 27, 2004Year 1Year 2
Revenue$163,602,288$172,514,890$175,102,613
Operating income62,795,42063,737,351
(@ 36.4% op. margin)
Other income (expense)172,515175,103
(@ 0.1% of revenue)
Adjusted operating income62,967,93563,912,454
Cashflow adjustments
+ Depreciation5,347,9625,428,181
(3.1% of revenue)
(-) Working capital additions222,81564,693
(-2.5% of revenue)
(-) Capital expenditures(4,830,417)(4,902,873)
(2.8% of revenue)
Yearend cashflow63,708,29564,502,455
Discount rate (WACC)10%10%
Present value interest factor (1 / (1.1) n)0.90910.8265
Present value of cashflows57,917,211

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