BLACKBURN v. COMMISSIONER

Docket No. 34390.

20 T.C. 204 (1953)

GERTRUDE H. BLACKBURN, DONOR, PETITIONER, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

United States Tax Court.

Promulgated April 29, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clark G. Clinton, Esq., for the petitioner.

J. Marvin Kelley, Esq., for the respondent.


The Commissioner determined a deficiency of $23,360.21 in petitioner's gift tax for the calendar year 1947. The deficiency was based on a determination by the Commissioner that the gift of the property involved to petitioner's son and daughter was a gift of future interests, subject to a life estate in the property. The petitioner contends that the transaction constituted a bona fide sale which was a bargain purchase on the part of the children, and that the amount of the...

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