ESTATE OF GOODMAN v. COMMISSIONER

Docket No. 24887.

17 T.C. 1017 (1951)

ESTATE OF ISAAC GOODMAN, DECEASED, ALAN S. GOODMAN, EXECUTOR, PETITIONER, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

United States Tax Court.

Promulgated December 19, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jesse A. Kline, Esq., and Maurice J. Klein, Esq., for the petitioner.

William H. Best, Jr., Esq., for the respondent.


This case involves an income tax deficiency of $16,255.28 for the taxable period January 1 to October 20, 1944, inclusive. The issue is whether the gain realized by decedent upon receipt of a condemnation award should be recognized, as determined by the respondent, or whether recognition of the gain should be postponed in accordance with the provisions of section 112 (f), I. R. C., relating to involuntary conversions, as contended by the petitioner.

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