STEIN v. COMMISSIONER

Docket No. 20947.

14 T.C. 494 (1950)

HERBERT STEIN, PETITIONER, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

United States Tax Court.

Promulgated March 29, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. McMurray, Jr., Esq., for the petitioner.

Sanford M. Stoddard, Esq., for the respondent.


The respondent determined a deficiency of $1,715.16 in the petitioner's income tax for 1944. The issues presented by the pleadings are (1) whether an amount of $25,000 received by the petitioner during the taxable year as an award for a plan submitted by him in a competition conducted by a business corporation was compensation or a gift, and (2) whether deductions of $2,500, $150, and $67.50 taken by the petitioner as expenses incurred for editorial assistance, travel, and...

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