BRUTON v. COMMISSIONER

Docket No. 10228.

9 T.C. 882 (1947)

JOHN C. BRUTON, PETITIONER, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

United States Tax Court.

Promulgated October 31, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward H. Schlaudt, Esq., for the petitioner.

Scott A. Dahlquist, Esq., for the respondent.


OPINION.

ARNOLD, Judge:

This proceeding involves personal income tax for the calendar year 1943 in the amount of $174.89. The sole matter in dispute is the deductibility, as ordinary and necessary expenses paid in carrying on petitioner's trade or business, that of a practicing lawyer, of amounts paid by him in 1942 and 1943 for taxicab fares exclusively for transportation between his place of residence and law office.

As the taxable year...

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