SMITH v. COMMISSIONER

Docket No. 86872.

21 T.C.M. 1436 (1962)

T.C. Memo. 1962-270

E. Comer Smith and the Estate of Carrie Smith, Deceased, Caleb R. Kelly, Jr., Executor v. Commissioner.

United States Tax Court.

Filed November 19, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Hackney, Esq., 3 E. Lexington St., Baltimore, Md., for the petitioners. Arnold E. Kaufman, Esq., for the respondent.


Memorandum Findings of Fact and Opinion

DRENNEN, Judge:

Respondent determined deficiencies in petitioners' income tax in the years 1955 and 1957 in the amounts of $4,973.12 and $132.63, respectively. The only issue for decision is whether the closing of the books of the partnership known as Penn Clif Company in 1955 resulted in petitioner E. Comer Smith incurring a deductible loss in the amount of the final balance in his partnership capital account.

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