MITCHELL v. COMMISSIONER

Docket No. 3889.

6 T.C. 159 (1946)

CLARENCE B. MITCHELL, PETITIONER, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

United States Tax Court.

Promulgated January 31, 1946.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. Graham, Esq., and James A. Velde, Esq., for the petitioner.

Harold H. Hart, Esq., for the respondent.


The Commissioner has determined a deficiency of $49,860.57 in petitioner's gift tax for the calendar year 1941. The deficiency is based upon a determination by the Commissioner that petitioner is taxable upon property transferred as a gift in 1941 of the value of $506,931.14, instead of $142,857.01 as reported by petitioner on his gift tax return. The chief item of increase in the amount reported by petitioner was explained in the deficiency notice as follows:

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