Legal Opinion

McBride v. Commissioner

United States Tax Court

Decided February 28, 1955No. Docket Nos. 50138, 50139Published

In determining their community income for 1948, in separate returns filed by them, H. L. McBride and his wife, Janet, claimed a business bad debt deduction of $ 24,064.10 from McBride Oil Company, a corporation formed to exploit certain oil leases and in which McBride owned 25 per cent of the stock.

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In determining their community income for 1948, in separate returns filed by them, H. L. McBride and his wife, Janet, claimed a business bad debt deduction of $ 24,064.10 from McBride Oil Company, a corporation formed to exploit certain oil leases and in which McBride owned 25 per cent of the stock. Held: 1. Of the claimed debt of $ 24,064.10, (a) $ 2,535.50 was not advanced by McBride to the Oil Company until 1949, and (b) $ 12,847, which McBride Refining Company loaned to the Oil Company and on which McBride was a guarantor, did not represent a debt due McBride in 1948 because he made no…

1Opinion of the Court

Janet McBride, Petitioner, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent. H. L. McBride, Petitioner, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent

McBride v. Commissioner

Docket Nos. 50138, 50139

United States Tax Court

23 T.C. 926; 1955 U.S. Tax Ct. LEXIS 235;

February 28, 1955, Filed

Decisions will be entered under Rule 50.

In determining their community income for 1948, in separate returns filed by them, H. L. McBride and his wife, Janet, claimed a business bad debt deduction of $ 24,064.10 from McBride Oil Company, a corporation formed to exploit certain oil leases and in which McBride owned…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Schnitzer v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1949
  2. Sherman v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1952
  3. Stamos v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1954
  4. New York Water Service Corp. v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1949
  5. Redman v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1946

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