BRENHOUSE v. COMMISSIONER

Docket No. 74134.

37 T.C. 326 (1961)

S. E. MAITLAND BRENHOUSE, PETITIONER, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

United States Tax Court.

Filed November 24, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

I. Frederick Shotkin, Esq., for the petitioner.

Joseph Wilkes, Esq., for the respondent.


Respondent determined a deficiency in petitioner's income tax of $11,816.48 for the year 1947 by disallowing a bad debt deduction claimed in 1949 and effective for 1947 because of a net operating loss deduction. The issues are: (1) Whether the advances by petitioner were loans or capital contributions; (2) if they were loans, whether petitioner proved that they became worthless in 1949; and, if so, (3) whether they are "business" or "non-business" debts within the meaning...

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