One Tax Piece of the Savings and Loan Crisis: Can the Federal Home Loan Bank Board Use the Internal Revenue Code to Bail Out the Ailing Savings and Loan Industry?

Abstract

In "Cottage Savings Association v. Commissioner" the Sixth Circuit delves into a little known aspect of the savings and loan crisis -- the attempt by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board to use the Internal Revenue Code ("Code") to help bolster its failing constituent thrifts. In the course of its analysis, the Sixth Circuit must articulate the requirements for transforming an economic loss into a deductible tax loss.