ESTATE OF STEARNS v. COMMISSIONER

Docket No. 21345.

14 T.C. 420 (1950)

ESTATE OF LESTER O. STEARNS, DECEASED, INEZ STEARNS, ADMINISTRATRIX AND INEZ STEARNS, SURVIVING WIFE, PETITIONER, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

United States Tax Court.

Promulgated March 16, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Flynn, Esq., for the petitioner.

Robert N. Willan, Esq., for the respondent.


The Commissioner has determined a deficiency of $2,459.67 in petitioner's income tax for the year 1945 and a penalty of $247.75 for "substantial underestimation of estimated tax." The deficiency results from the addition to the $7,802.73 net income reported on the income tax return of Lester O. Stearns of: (a) Contract settlement payment, $6,129.04; and (b) medical expense, $306.45. These adjustments are explained in the deficiency notice as follows:

(a) The settlement...

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