HOCHSCHILD v. COMMISSIONER

Docket No. 1084.

7 T.C. 81 (1946)

HAROLD K. HOCHSCHILD, PETITIONER, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

United States Tax Court.

Promulgated June 11, 1946.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Dooling, Esq., for the petitioner.

Scott Dahlquist, Esq., for the respondent.


OPINION.

OPPER, Judge:

This proceeding was brought for a redetermination of a deficiency of $4,238.71 in the petitioner's income tax for the year 1939.

Certain items are conceded by petitioner. The litigated issue is whether a fee paid attorneys is deductible under section 23 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code. An alternative contention by petitioner is that the amount involved is deductible as a loss under section 23 (e).

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