ERNST v. COMMISSIONER

Docket No. 56691.

32 T.C. 181 (1959)

JOHN ERNST AND MARGARET ERNST, PETITIONERS, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

United States Tax Court.

Filed April 22, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth W. Bergen, Esq., for the petitioners.

James E. Markham, Jr., Esq., for the respondent.


The Commissioner determined deficiencies in Federal income taxes of petitioners, John and Margaret Ernst, for the taxable years 1948 and 1949 in the respective amounts of $24,469.50 and $53,659.10.

The deficiency for 1948 results in greater part from respondent's determination that petitioners, who operated a poultry farm, were not entitled to deduct in that year $20,532.50 paid in that year for chicken feed which was not delivered until the next year. The deficiency...

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