BERNSTEIN v. COMMISSIONER

Docket No. 6430-76.

37 T.C.M. 395 (1978)

T.C. Memo. 1978-84

Sheldon A. Bernstein and Lorrie H. Bernstein v. Commissioner.

United States Tax Court.

Filed February 28, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Thomas, 2029 Century Park East, Los Angeles, Cal., for the petitioners. Kenneth G. Gordon, for the respondent.


Memorandum Findings of Fact and Opinion

STERRETT, Judge:

Respondent determined deficiences in petitioners' Federal income taxes for the calendar years 1972 and 1973 in the amounts of $2,803 and $4,897, respectively. The sole issue for decision is whether amounts paid by petitioner Sheldon A. Bernstein to his former wife, pursuant to a divorce decree, are periodic payments under section 71(a)(1), I.R.C. 1954, and are therefore deductible by him under section...

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