FOUTZ v. COMMISSIONER

Docket No. 53825.

24 T.C. 1109 (1955)

J. L. FOUTZ AND FERN FOUTZ, HUSBAND AND WIFE, PETITIONERS, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

United States Tax Court.

Filed September 27, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Dwyer, Esq., for the petitioners.

T. W. Sommer, Esq., for the respondent.


Respondent determined a deficiency of $7,892.14 in petitioners' income tax for 1948, and a penalty of $1,973.04 for failure to file a timely return.

The questions presented are whether the above deficiency and penalty are barred by the statute of limitations which requires the assessment of income taxes within 3 years after the filing of a return (sec. 275 (a), I. R. C. 1939); and if so, whether petitioners are estopped from claiming the bar of the period of limitations...

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