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6 B.T.A. 781

Perkins v. Commissioner

United States Board of Tax Appeals

Decided April 11, 1927

United States Board of Tax Appeals · decided 1927-04-11

Loss on sale of corporate stock allowed.

Relies on McCaughn v. Ludington

Decided 1927-04-11

¶1*782OPINION.

Trussell:

¶2The selling price of petitioner’s brewery stock being ' less than the March 1, 1913, value, and less than its cost, which was also less than the 1913 value, the loss sustained is the difference between the cost and the selling price, namely, $5,000. McCaughn v. Ludington, 268 U. S. 106; 45 Sup. Ct. 423; 5 Am. Fed. Tax Rep. 5376.

¶3Mathematical errors of computation, if they exist, will be corrected in the final settlement.

¶4The deficiencies may be redetermined in accordance with the foregoing findings of fact and conclusions of law, upon 15 days' notice, pursuant to Rule 50, and judgment will be entered in due course.

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