LOWE, Judge.
"`When I use a word,' Humpty-Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, `it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.'"
Generally speaking, the term "taxable income" (for purposes of measuring the federal income tax) excludes from a taxpayer's gross income any state "income taxes" which the taxpayer has paid during the taxable year. In 1969, Maryland imposed a "franchise tax"
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