This "charitable contribution" tax case presented the Tax Court with a classic battle of experts on the issue of the fair market value of the donated property, 461 low-quality Bolivian gems. The Commissioner's experts valued the gems as if they had been sold in bulk to a manufacturer of jewelry; the taxpayers' experts valued the gems as components of finished pieces of jewelry sold at retail. The...
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