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43 B.T.A. 273

Joseph v. Commissioner

United States Board of Tax Appeals

Decided January 10, 1941

United States Board of Tax Appeals · decided 1941-01-10

Held, the members of a partnership which is engaged in the business of accepting wagers on horse races may deduct their individual losses from wagering transactions… Held: the members of a partnership which is engaged in the business of accepting wagers on horse races may deduct their individual losses from wagering transactions against their distributive shares of partnership gains. Jennings v. Commissioner, 110 Fed.(2d) 945; certiorari denied, 311 U.S. 704, followed.

Cited by 6 later decisions — most recently August 1979

Relies on International Ass'n of Machinists; Tool & Die Makers Lodge No. 35 v. National Labor Relations Board · A. B. & M. Liquidation Corp. v. Pelham Hale Co. · Potter v. Commissioner

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Decided 1941-01-10

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¶1*274OPINION.

Leeoh:

¶2It appears that the only issue presented by the notice of deficiency and the pleadings is the deductibility of certain individual gambling losses sustained by the petitioners from their distributive shares of income from a gambling partnership, in computing the petitioners’ net income. Consequently no other issues can be considered. Popular Priced Tailoring Co. v. Commissioner, 33 Fed. (2d) 464; Elmore L. Potter, 18 B. T. A. 549.

¶3Section 23 (g) of the Revenue Act of 1936 provides that “Losses from wagering transactions shall be allowed only to the extent of the gains from such transactions.”

¶4Section 181 of the Revenue Act of 1936 provides that “Individuals carrying on business in partnership shall be liable for income tax only in their individual capacity.”

¶5Section 182 provides that “There shall be included in computing the net income of each partner his distributive share, whether distributed or not, of the net income of the partnership for the taxable year.”

¶6Section 183 provides that “The net income of the partnership shall be computed in the same maimer and on the same basis as in the case of an individual.” *275That the deductions sought by these petitioners are allowable within the above-cited sections has been settled by the case of Jennings v. Commissioner, 110 Fed. (2d) 945, as to which the Supreme Court has recently denied certiorari, 311 U. S. 704. See also Neuberger v. Commissioner, 311 U. S. 72. We, therefore, hold that petitioners are entitled to the contested deductions.

¶7Decisions will te entered wader Rule 50.

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