Capital Traction Co. v. Commissioner
United States Board of Tax Appeals
1. Contribution made by corporation to Community Chest is not deductible from gross income, in the absence of express statutory provision for allowance as such, unless it is an ordinary and necessary expense of carrying on the business of the donor. 2. Facts concerning the corporation, its business and affairs, sufficient to supply the knowledge thereof necessary to adjudge whether such a contribution is so related and connected to the business within its ordinary scope as…
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1. Contribution made by corporation to Community Chest is not deductible from gross income, in the absence of express statutory provision for allowance as such, unless it is an ordinary and necessary expense of carrying on the business of the donor. 2. Facts concerning the corporation, its business and affairs, sufficient to supply the knowledge thereof necessary to adjudge whether such a contribution is so related and connected to the business within its ordinary scope as to constitute such an expense, must be produced.
1Opinion of the Court
THE CAPITAL TRACTION COMPANY, PETITIONER, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.
Capital Traction Co. v. Commissioner
Docket No. 60431.
United States Board of Tax Appeals
27 B.T.A. 926; 1933 BTA LEXIS 1279;
March 15, 1933, Promulgated
1. Contribution made by corporation to Community Chest is not deductible from gross income, in the absence of express statutory provision for allowance as such, unless it is an ordinary and necessary expense of carrying on the business of the donor.
2. Facts concerning the corporation, its business and affairs, sufficient to supply the knowledge thereof…
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- Thomas Shoe Co. v. CommissionerUnited States Board of Tax Appeals · 1924
- Poinsett Mills v. CommissionerUnited States Board of Tax Appeals · 1924
- Yamhill Elec. Co. v. CommissionerUnited States Board of Tax Appeals · 1930
- Capital Traction Co. v. CommissionerUnited States Board of Tax Appeals · 1933
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