Legal Opinion

John Wanamaker Philadelphia v. Commissioner

United States Board of Tax Appeals

Decided March 4, 1931No. Docket Nos. 23156, 23157, 23158Published

1. Where the Commissioner determines an overassessment of taxes, which determination is due to the partial rejection of a claim in abatement, the Board has jurisdiction. 2. The Board has jurisdiction to determine the correct tax liability on all income for a fiscal year ending January 31, 1916. 3. The Commissioner's disallowance of certain reductions in inventory values made for the purpose of reducing the inventories to the basis of cost or market, whichever was lower, is…

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1. Where the Commissioner determines an overassessment of taxes, which determination is due to the partial rejection of a claim in abatement, the Board has jurisdiction. 2. The Board has jurisdiction to determine the correct tax liability on all income for a fiscal year ending January 31, 1916. 3. The Commissioner's disallowance of certain reductions in inventory values made for the purpose of reducing the inventories to the basis of cost or market, whichever was lower, is approved because the amounts of the reductions have not been shown to have been correct although the method under which…

1Opinion of the Court

JOHN WANAMAKER PHILADELPHIA, PETITIONER, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

JOHN WANAMAKER NEW YORK, PETITIONER, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, RESPONDENT.

John Wanamaker Philadelphia v. Commissioner

Docket Nos. 23156, 23157, 23158.

United States Board of Tax Appeals

22 B.T.A. 487; 1931 BTA LEXIS 2104;

March 4, 1931, Promulgated

1. Where the Commissioner determines an overassessment of taxes, which determination is due to the partial rejection of a claim in abatement, the Board has jurisdiction.

2. The Board has jurisdiction to determine the correct tax liability on all income for…

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  2. Fawcus MacHine Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  3. Wickwire v. ReineckeSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
  4. Lucas v. Kansas City Structural Steel Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1930
  5. Reinecke v. SpaldingSupreme Court of the United States · 1930

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