COLLINS v. COMMISSIONER

Docket No. 4128-75.

36 T.C.M. 125 (1977)

T.C. Memo. 1977-26

Robert F. Collins v. Commissioner.

United States Tax Court.

Filed February 1, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack E. Bratter, 8500 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, Calif. for the petitioner. Marion Malone, for the respondent.


Memorandum Findings of Fact and Opinion

STERRETT, Judge:

Respondent determined a deficiency in petitioner's Federal income tax for the calendar year 1969 in the amount of $15,479. The issue for our decision is whether, assuming proof of worthlessness, the payment by petitioner of a certain debt entitles him to an ordinary deduction under section 166(a), as amplified in subsection (f), or whether said payment must be treated as a short-term capital loss under...

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