¶1This is a proceeding for the redetermination of a deficiency in income tax for the calendar year 1922 in the amount *199of $41.49. The deficiency arises through the action of the Commissioner in disallowing as an expense or loss $1,087.15, the amount paid in excess of the contract price of building a home.
¶2FINDINGS OF FACT.
¶3The taxpayer, during 1922, entered into a contract with a contractor to build a double house, one-half of which was for rental purposes. The contractor charged the taxpayer approximately $8,100 for the completed house. When completed the house was not worth in excess of $6,800.
¶4The taxpayer took as a deduction in'his income-tax return the difference between $6,800 and the cost which he was required to pay the contractor.
¶5 Judgment will be entered for the Commissioner.
¶6*198 TRAMMELL: This is a proceeding for the redetermination of a deficiency in income tax for the calendar year 1922 in the amount *199 of $41.49. The deficiency arises through the action of the Commissioner in disallowing as an expense or loss $1,037.15, the amount paid in excess of the contract price of building a home.
¶7FINDINGS OF FACT.
¶8The taxpayer, during 1922, entered into a contract with a contractor to build a double house, one-half of which was for rental purposes. The contractor charged the taxpayer approximately $8,100 for the completed house. When completed the house was not worth in excess of $6,800.
¶9The taxpayer took as a deduction in his income-tax return the difference between $6,800 and the cost which he was required to pay the contractor.
¶10Judgment will be entered for the Commissioner.