SPIER v. COMMISSIONER

Docket No. 2781.

3 T.C.M. 969 (1944)

Harry F. Spier v. Commissioner.

United States Tax Court.

Entered September 18, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maxwell Shmerler, C. P. A., 551 Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y., for the petitioner. William F. Evans, Esq., for the respondent.


The Commissioner determined a deficiency of $10,420.36 in income tax for 1940. The petitioner assails the determination (1) that a transaction in shares was an exchange, and assails (2) the Commissioner's valuation of the shares received.

Findings of Fact

The petitioner, a resident of the City of New York, filed his 1940 income tax return in the Third District of New York.

1. Prior to 1940, the petitioner, at a cost of $44,000 acquired 1,875 preferred...

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