Legal Opinion

Hoskins v. Commissioner

United States Board of Tax Appeals

Decided June 18, 1940No. Docket No. 96467Published

Petitioner, about 50 years of age, employed as a bookkeeper, maintained an apartment in which she and her adult niece, about 30 years of age, who had part time employment as a stenographer, lived. Held, under the facts petitioner is not entitled to an exemption of $2,500 as "head of a family" under section 25(b), Revenue Acts of 1934 and 1936.

1Opinion of the Court

CHARLOTTE HOSKINS, PETITIONER, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

Hoskins v. Commissioner

Docket No. 96467.

United States Board of Tax Appeals

42 B.T.A. 117; 1940 BTA LEXIS 1048;

June 18, 1940, Promulgated

Petitioner, about 50 years of age, employed as a bookkeeper, maintained an apartment in which she and her adult niece, about 30 years of age, who had part time employment as a stenographer, lived. Held, under the facts petitioner is not entitled to an exemption of $2,500 as "head of a family" under section 25(b), Revenue Acts of 1934 and 1936.

W. E. Baird, C.P.A., for the petitioner.…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Hoskins v. CommissionerUnited States Board of Tax Appeals · 1940

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