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19 B.T.A. 646

Dilks v. Commissioner

United States Board of Tax Appeals

Decided April 22, 1930

United States Board of Tax Appeals · decided 1930-04-22

Held that the amount received by pettioner in 1922 as partial compensation under a certain contract was taxable to him as income in that year.

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently July 1935

Relies on Dilks v. Commissioner

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Decided 1930-04-22

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¶1*650OPINION.

Lansdon:

¶2The petitioner contends that the amount of $44,743.53, which he received in 1922, and which the respondent proposes to include in his gross income for that year, was constructively received in 1920. This contention is based on the fact that petitioner was in charge of the construction and funds of the George A. Fuller Co., that profits on construction under the contract could be and were estimated monthly, and that at any time he could have paid himself the amounts due him under the contract. We think our decision in Lorenzo G. Dilks, 15 B. T. A. 1294, in which we held that petitioner’s compensation under the contract could not be determined in 1920, disposes of this claim. The petitioner reported his income on the cash receipts and disbursements basis. There is no convincing evidence that the amount of $44,743.53 was at his command or available for his use prior to the date of its receipt in the taxable year. On this issue the determination of the respondent is approved.

¶3At the hearing counsel for petitioner abandoned his second allegation of error.

¶4Decision will be entered for the respondent.

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