MESI v. COMMISSIONER

Docket No. 50868.

25 T.C. 513 (1955)

SAM MESI, PETITIONER, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

United States Tax Court.

Filed December 16, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard R. Slater, Esq., for the petitioner.

Edward L. Newberger, Esq., for the respondent.


This proceeding involves a deficiency in income tax determined against Sam Mesi (hereinafter referred to as petitioner) in the amount of $41,555.81 for the taxable year 1946.

The issues to be decided are: (1) Whether petitioner overstated the amounts paid to winning bettors in reporting the gross income from his bookmaking business; and (2) whether the amounts paid by petitioner as wages in the conduct of his illegal bookmaking business are deductible as ordinary...

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