WESTLING v. COMMISSIONER

Docket No. 649-98.

80 T.C.M. 373 (2000)

T.C. Memo. 2000-289

Jim L. Westling v. Commissioner.

United States Tax Court.

Filed September 15, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven R. Stolar and Kristina S. Keller, for the petitioner. Ric D. Hulshoff, for the respondent.


MEMORANDUM FINDINGS OF FACT AND OPINION

LARO, Judge:

Petitioner petitioned the Court to redetermine a $4,255 deficiency in his 1996 Federal income tax. The deficiency stems from respondent's disallowance of an $18,414 deduction that petitioner claimed as a miscellaneous itemized deduction for travel expenses connected with his employment as a merchant seaman. Petitioner ascertained the amount of that deduction by using the full Federal per diem rates for...

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