BAKEWELL v. COMMISSIONER

Docket No. 47853.

23 T.C. 803 (1955)

PAUL BAKEWELL, JR., PETITIONER, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

United States Tax Court.

Filed January 31, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Bakewell, Jr., Esq., pro se.

Hunter D. Heggie, Esq., for the respondent.


Respondent has determined deficiencies in petitioner's income tax for the years 1948, 1949, and 1950 in the respective amounts of $9.12, $222.41, and $210.10.

The following issues are presented:

(1) Is the expense of operating and maintaining a hearing aid for a hard-of-hearing attorney an ordinary and necessary business expense under section 23 (a) of the 1939 Code?

(2) Did the disappearance of a wallet from petitioner's person entitle him to a theft...

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