IRBY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY v. UNITED STATES

No. 412-57.

290 F.2d 824 (1961)

IRBY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

June 7, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles T. Akre, Washington, D. C., Miller & Chevalier, Clarence T. Kipps, Jr., Washington, D. C., and R. L. Stainton, Jackson, Miss., on the brief, for plaintiff.

Earl L. Huntington, Washington, D. C., with whom was Louis F. Oberdorfer, Asst. Atty. Gen., James P. Garland, Lyle M. Turner, and George T. Qualley, Washington, D. C., on the brief, for defendant.


JONES, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff is a small, family-owned corporation. In 1953 and 1954, the plaintiff paid some $300,000 in compensation to its managing executives. For Federal income tax purposes it deducted this amount from gross income as an ordinary and necessary expense of carrying on the business. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue disallowed the deductions as being unreasonable allowances for personal service compensation and assessed deficiencies for both...

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