Legal Opinion

Wilson Furniture Co. v. Commissioner

United States Board of Tax Appeals

Decided March 12, 1928No. Docket No. 11317Published

1. Inventory methods used consistently and uniformly for many years, that substantially reflect the true income, should not be disturbed by adjustments that result in distortion of actual income. 2. Discrepancies appearing upon petitioner's books should, if possible, be so adjusted as to disclose the actual income.

1Opinion of the Court

WILSON FURNITURE CO., PETITIONER, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

Wilson Furniture Co. v. Commissioner

Docket No. 11317.

United States Board of Tax Appeals

10 B.T.A. 1294; 1928 BTA LEXIS 3904;

March 12, 1928, Promulgated

1. Inventory methods used consistently and uniformly for many years, that substantially reflect the true income, should not be disturbed by adjustments that result in distortion of actual income.

2. Discrepancies appearing upon petitioner's books should, if possible, be so adjusted as to disclose the actual income.

H. T. Odom, Esq., and L. A. Williams, C.P.A., for…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Wilson Furniture Co. v. CommissionerUnited States Board of Tax Appeals · 1928

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