TRENT v. COMMISSIONER

Docket No. 71337.

34 T.C. 910 (1960)

JOHN M. TRENT AND LISA M. TRENT, HUSBAND AND WIFE, PETITIONERS, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

United States Tax Court.

Filed August 24, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmund K. Trent, Esq., for the petitioners.

Victor H. Frank, Jr., Esq., for the respondent.


The Commissioner has determined, for the calendar year 1955, a deficiency in income tax of $1,813.06 and an addition to tax of $41.82 under section 6654, I.R.C. 1954. The only issue is whether an amount of $8,250, which petitioners claimed on their return as a bad debt deduction, was a nonbusiness bad debt deductible under section 166, I.R.C. 1954, only to the extent of a net capital loss.

FINDINGS OF FACT.

The petitioners are husband and wife and are residents...

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