MANTELL v. COMMISSIONER

Docket No. 27978.

17 T.C. 1143 (1952)

JOHN MANTELL, PETITIONER, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

United States Tax Court.

Promulgated January 14, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maurice Survis, Esq., for the petitioner.

F. L. Van Haaften, Esq., for the respondent.


The respondent has determined a deficiency of $13,771.62 in petitioner's income tax for the taxable year ended December 31, 1946. The entire deficiency results from the respondent's determination that the sum of $33,320 paid to the petitioner upon the execution of a lease in 1946 was paid in prepayment of rent rather than as a security deposit, and was taxable income in that year. An additional sum of $10,000 designated in the lease as security and paid in later years is...

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