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1 B.T.A. 615

Cooper v. Commissioner

United States Board of Tax Appeals

Decided February 26, 1925

United States Board of Tax Appeals · decided 1925-02-26

Reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by a traveling salesman are proper deductions from gross income.

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently September 1928

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Decided 1925-02-26

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¶1DECISION.

¶2The Board holds that the evidence adduced is not sufficient to prove the taxpayer’s right to deduct the amounts of $755 for entertaining customers; $177 for tips for bell boys and porters, and $135 for telephone and telegraph tolls. The amount of $125 paid for laundry and valet service represents personal expenses and *616therefore is not a legal deduction from taxable income. The remaining items are proven and are deductible. Final determination will be settled on consent or on ten days’ notice, in accordance with Rule 50.

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