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18 B.T.A. 471

Wright v. Commissioner

United States Board of Tax Appeals

Decided December 11, 1929

United States Board of Tax Appeals · decided 1929-12-11

The petitioner in 1922, in accordance with a plan of the bankers to manage the company in which he was a stockholder, surrendered 131 shares of stock. The stock was given to the new manager. Held the petitioner is entitled to deduct from gross income for 1922 the cost of the stock surrendered.

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Decided 1929-12-11

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¶2The only question to be determined in this proceeding is whether there was a closed transaction in 1922 with respect to 131 shares of stock in the American Hominy Co. which petitioner surrendered in that year to the bankers of the company, and which in turn the bankers paid over to a new company manager of their selection. If the stock had been merely surrendered to the company so that the proportionate representation of stockholders re*473mained the same, a different question would be presented (see Edith Scoville, 18 B. T. A. 261), but it is clear from the stipulated facts that such was not the case, the stock being released to the bankers and by them turned over to the new manager, who became the majority stockholder, and the petitioner definitely parted with 181 shares of stock which cost him $13,100, and which had a value of that amount on March 1, 1913. We are of opinion petitioner is entitled to the loss claimed.

¶3Reviewed by the Board.

¶4Judgment will be entered under Rule 50.

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