KOHTZ FAMILY TRUST v. COMMISSIONER

Docket No. 4372.

5 T.C. 554 (1945)

KOHTZ FAMILY TRUST, DATED DECEMBER 22, 1939, HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK, TRUSTEE, 115 WEST MONROE STREET, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, PETITIONER, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

United States Tax Court.

Promulgated August 6, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. A. McSwain, Esq., for the petitioner.

Ned Fischer, Esq., for the respondent.


Respondent determined a deficiency of $512.45 in petitioner's income tax liability for the calendar year 1940. The only question in this proceeding for a redetermination is whether a trust agreement entered into on December 22, 1939, between Louise R. Kohtz, as settlor, and Harris Trust & Savings Bank, as trustee, created a single trust or three separate trusts.

Most of the facts have been stipulated by the parties, and we incorporate the stipulation herein by...

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