ELECTRICAL FITTINGS CORPORATION v. COMMISSIONER

Docket No. 65080.

33 T.C. 1026 (1960)

ELECTRICAL FITTINGS CORPORATION, PETITIONER, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

United States Tax Court.

Filed March 18, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sigmund Metz, Esq., for the petitioner.

Anthony S. Del Giudice, Esq., for the respondent.


The respondent determined a deficiency in income tax against the petitioner for the taxable year ended May 31, 1954, in the amount of $45,424.25.

The issues for decision are (1) whether the loss sustained by the petitioner upon the sale of preferred and common stock of Ductile Iron Foundry, Inc., constitutes a capital loss or a loss deductible from ordinary income as cost of goods sold, as an ordinary and necessary business expense, or as a business loss; and (2)...

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