CLUETT v. COMMISSIONER

Docket No. 10067.

8 T.C. 1178 (1947)

ROBERT CLUETT, 3RD, AND CATHERINE M. CLUETT, PETITIONERS, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

United States Tax Court.

Promulgated June 16, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard O. Colgan, Jr., Esq., for the petitioners.

Sheldon V. Ekman, Esq., for the respondent.


OPINION.

MURDOCK, Judge:

The Commissioner determined a deficiency of $8,531.67 in the income tax of the petitioners for the calendar year 1943. The only issue for decision is whether a debt of $28,985.97 which became worthless in 1943 is deductible in its entirety under section 23 (k) (1), or whether it was a "non-business debt" within the meaning of that term as used in section 23 (k) (4) and, therefore, subject to the limiting provisions of that...

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