WILLOUGHBY CAMERA STORES v. COM'R OF INTERNAL REV.

No. 117.

125 F.2d 607 (1942)

WILLOUGHBY CAMERA STORES, Inc., v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 29, 1942.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Douglas, of New York City (Menahem Stim, of New York City, of counsel), for petitioner.

Samuel O. Clark, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., and J. Louis Monarch and Robert N. Anderson, Sp. Assts. to the Atty. Gen., for respondent.

Before SWAN, AUGUSTUS N. HAND, and FRANK, Circuit Judges.


FRANK, Circuit Judge.

The issue here is whether petitioner was entitled to deduct from gross income, as business expenses under § 23(a) of the Revenue Acts of 1934 and 1936, 26 U.S.C. A. Int.Rev.Code, § 23(a), certain amounts which it set up on its books as reserves for employees' bonuses. The amounts were deducted in 1935 and 1936, although not paid until the following years, and the disputed question is whether the taxpayer, which is on the accrual system...

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