Legal Opinion

Rolfe v. Commissioner

United States Board of Tax Appeals

Decided May 13, 1929No. Docket No. 18486Published

1. ESTATE TAX - DEDUCTION FOR PROPERTY PREVIOUSLY TAXED WITHIN FIVE YEARS. - Certain Liberty bonds of the par value of $25,200 acquired by the present decedent with funds resulting from the sale of United States Steel preferred received from a prior decedent within five years identified as property previously taxed and allowed as a deduction from the gross estate of the present decedent. 2. Id. - Cash in the amount of $34,706.71, received by the present decedent from a prior…

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1. ESTATE TAX - DEDUCTION FOR PROPERTY PREVIOUSLY TAXED WITHIN FIVE YEARS. - Certain Liberty bonds of the par value of $25,200 acquired by the present decedent with funds resulting from the sale of United States Steel preferred received from a prior decedent within five years identified as property previously taxed and allowed as a deduction from the gross estate of the present decedent. 2. Id. - Cash in the amount of $34,706.71, received by the present decedent from a prior decedent within five years and invested by the present decedent in the capital of a mercantile business conducted by…

1Opinion of the Court

WILLARD G. ROLFE, EXECUTOR, ESTATE OF CHARLES R. NOYES, PETITIONER, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

Rolfe v. Commissioner

Docket No. 18486.

United States Board of Tax Appeals

16 B.T.A. 519; 1929 BTA LEXIS 2573;

May 13, 1929, Promulgated

1. ESTATE TAX - DEDUCTION FOR PROPERTY PREVIOUSLY TAXED WITHIN FIVE YEARS. - Certain Liberty bonds of the par value of $25,200 acquired by the present decedent with funds resulting from the sale of United States Steel preferred received from a prior decedent within five years identified as property previously taxed and allowed as a deduction from…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Bingham v. CommissionerUnited States Board of Tax Appeals · 1929
  2. Rodenbough v. CommissionerUnited States Board of Tax Appeals · 1925
  3. Ankeny v. CommissionerUnited States Board of Tax Appeals · 1928
  4. Seaboard Nat'l Bank v. CommissionerUnited States Board of Tax Appeals · 1928
  5. Appeal of Burkitt EstateUnited States Board of Tax Appeals · 1926

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