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5 B.T.A. 131

Baldwin v. Commissioner

United States Board of Tax Appeals

Decided October 20, 1926

United States Board of Tax Appeals · decided 1926-10-20

Decided 1926-10-20

APPEAL OF WILLIS BALDWIN.
Baldwin v. Commissioner
Docket No. 6317.
United States Board of Tax Appeals
5 B.T.A. 131; 1926 BTA LEXIS 2962;
October 20, 1926, Decided
*2962Arnold R. Baar, Esq., for the petitioner.
B. G. Simpich, Esq., for the Commissioner.

STERNHAGEN

¶1*131 Deficiency of $148.03 income tax for the calendar year 1924.

¶2FINDINGS OF FACT.

¶3The petitioner is an individual residing at Monroe, Mich. He was a member of a partnership which kept its books and made its partnership return on the basis of a fiscal year beginning May 1, 1923, and ending April 30, 1924.

¶4The petitioner filed an individual income-tax return for the calendar year 1924, including therein the amount of $5,378.32, which was his distributive share of the partnership income for the fiscal year. Three thousand five hundred and seven dollars and sixty cents of this amount was his portion of the partnership income attributable to the year 1923.

¶5In computing the tax the Commissioner applied the rates imposed by the Revenue Act of 1921 to $3,507.60 without making an allowance of 25 per cent under section 1200 of the Revenue Act of 1924.

¶6*132 OPINION.

¶7STERNHAGEN: The decision of the question involved in this proceeding is governed by *2963.

¶8Judgment will be entered for the Commissioner.

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