FIELDS v. COMMISSIONER

Docket No. 46931.

14 T.C.M. 27 (1955)

T.C. Memo. 1955-8

Lee Fields and Lillian Fields v. Commissioner.

United States Tax Court.

Filed January 21, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack R. Stulin, Esq., 85 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass., for the petitioners. Frank V. Moran, Jr., Esq., for the respondent.


Memorandum Findings of Fact and Opinion

TIETJENS, Judge:

The Commissioner determined a deficiency of $527.02 for the year 1950. The deficiency arose because of the Commissioner's determination of a 20 per cent delinquency penalty under section 291(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1939.

The only question for decision is whether the failure of petitioners to file a timely joint income tax return was due to reasonable cause and not to willful neglect.<...

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