Legal Opinion

Hiatt v. Commissioner

United States Board of Tax Appeals

Decided April 21, 1931No. Docket No. 27081Published

Where a mother makes a valid transfer of leasehold interests in her land to her daughters and the daughters later sell such interests, the income resulting from such sales is not taxable to her.

1Opinion of the Court

MARY J. HIATT, PETITIONER, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

Hiatt v. Commissioner

Docket No. 27081.

United States Board of Tax Appeals

22 B.T.A. 1245; 1931 BTA LEXIS 1979;

April 21, 1931, Promulgated

Where a mother makes a valid transfer of leasehold interests in her land to her daughters and the daughters later sell such interests, the income resulting from such sales is not taxable to her.

H. L. Washington, Esq., for the petitioner.

W. Frank Gibbs, Esq., for the respondent.

LANSDON

The respondent has asserted a deficiency in income tax for the year 1922 in the amount of $15,124.12.…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Hiatt v. CommissionerUnited States Board of Tax Appeals · 1931

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