S. M. HOWARD v. COMMISSIONER

Docket Nos. 90955, 90956.

39 T.C. 833 (1963)

S. M. HOWARD AND GEORGIA M. HOWARD, PETITIONERS, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT. TRAVIS W. FERGUSON AND JANET FERGUSON, PETITIONERS, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

United States Tax Court.

Filed February 21, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julia M. Reardon, Esq., for the petitioners.

Sheldon Chertow, Esq., and Emory L. Langdon, Esq., for the respondent.


The Commissioner determined deficiencies in income tax of $546 for 1958 and $271.83 for 1959 against the Howards and a deficiency of $3,282.69 for 1958 against the Fergusons. The only issue for decision is whether payments made to construct a new hospital were deductible as ordinary and necessary business expenses or, in the alternative, as charitable contributions.

FINDINGS OF FACT.

Howard and Ferguson are osteopathic physicians and surgeons who practiced...

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