Legal Opinion

Simon v. Commissioner

United States Board of Tax Appeals

Decided November 14, 1927No. Docket No. 2732Published

Petitioner, formerly executor of estate of decedent, is liable for estate tax regardless of his discharge as such executor, and in determining the amount of the tax, property situate in a jurisdiction foreign to that granting letters testamentary may properly be included in the gross estate.

1Opinion of the Court

JOSEPH SIMON, LATE EXECUTOR, ESTATE OF ANNA M. MAXWELL, PETITIONER, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

Simon v. Commissioner

Docket No. 2732.

United States Board of Tax Appeals

9 B.T.A. 84; 1927 BTA LEXIS 2669;

November 14, 1927, Promulgated

Petitioner, formerly executor of estate of decedent, is liable for estate tax regardless of his discharge as such executor, and in determining the amount of the tax, property situate in a jurisdiction foreign to that granting letters testamentary may properly be included in the gross estate.

Joseph Simon, Esq., pro se.

Warren F. Wattles, Esq., for…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Simon v. CommissionerUnited States Board of Tax Appeals · 1927

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