BENNY v. COMMISSIONER

Docket No. 39123.

25 T.C. 197 (1955)

JACK BENNY AND MARY BENNY, PETITIONERS, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

United States Tax Court.

Filed October 31, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Milliken, Esq., and Harrison Harkins, Esq., for the petitioners.

Daniel S. Morrison, Esq., for the respondent.


This proceeding involves a deficiency in income tax in the amount of $236,382.81 determined against the petitioners for the year 1948. The only issue is whether any part of the amounts paid by the Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., and Columbia Records, Inc., to the stockholders of Amusement Enterprises, Inc., for the sale of its stock to such corporations, was taxable as ordinary income to petitioner, Jack Benny, as compensation for his services.

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