Legal Opinion

Jenkins v. Commissioner

United States Tax Court

Decided December 27, 1967No. Docket No. 5096-64UnpublishedCited by 1 opinion

Held: Per diem and mileage allowances received by petitioner Charles J. Jenkins while performing services for the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen are includable in gross income. Held, further: Petitioner's home for deductibility of expenses while traveling away from home purposes was Springfield, Illinois, since this was the location of his substantial and indefinite employment. Allowable deductions from the per diem and mileage allowances determined.

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Held: Per diem and mileage allowances received by petitioner Charles J. Jenkins while performing services for the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen are includable in gross income. Held, further: Petitioner's home for deductibility of expenses while traveling away from home purposes was Springfield, Illinois, since this was the location of his substantial and indefinite employment. Allowable deductions from the per diem and mileage allowances determined. Held, further: No part of the underpayment was attributable to negligence or intentional disregard of the rules and regulations within the…

1Opinion of the Court

Charles J. Jenkins and Anna V. Jenkins v. Commissioner.

Jenkins v. Commissioner

Docket No. 5096-64.

United States Tax Court

T.C. Memo 1967-257; 1967 Tax Ct. Memo LEXIS 5; 26 T.C.M. (CCH) 1328; T.C.M. (RIA) 67257;

December 27, 1967

Held: Per diem and mileage allowances received by petitioner Charles J. Jenkins while performing services for the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen are includable in gross income.

Held, further: Petitioner's home for deductibility of expenses while traveling away from home purposes was Springfield, Illinois, since this was the location of his substantial and indefinite…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Cohan v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1930
  2. Commissioner v. FlowersSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  3. Peurifoy v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  4. Leo C. Cockrell, and Carol P. Cockrell v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1963
  5. Garlock v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1960

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Charles J. Jenkins and Anna v. Jenkins v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969

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