EAVES v. COMMISSIONER

Docket No. 71553.

33 T.C. 938 (1960)

JAMES M. EAVES AND LUCILLE P. EAVES, PETITIONERS, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

United States Tax Court.

Filed February 23, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edgar E. Hoppe, Esq., for the petitioners.

Harold L. Cook, Esq., Edward J. Eagleton, Esq., and Allen T. Akin, Esq., for the respondent.


The respondent determined a deficiency in petitioners' income tax for the taxable year 1955 in the amount of $231.09. The adjustment was explained in the statutory notice as follows:

(a) Due to lack of substantiation, and also because it does not constitute travel expense under the provisions of Section 162 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, the deduction of $1,000.00 claimed on your return as the costs of meals purchased while you were employed in Rockdale, Texas...

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