Estate of Ellsasser v. Commissioner
United States Tax Court
Sec. 1402(a) of the 1954 Code defines "net earnings from self-employment" as including an individual's distributive share of income from a "trade or business carried on by a partnership of which he is a member." Held, these provisions were intended to apply to a limited partner, and such distributive share therefore constitutes "self-employment income" subject to tax under sec. 1401.
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Raumc, Judge:
The Commissioner determined the following deficiencies in income tax:
Tear 'Amount
1967 _$215.93
1968 _ 403.20
At issue is whether the distributive share of partnership income al-locable to a limited partner who contributes no services to the business of the partnership constitutes “net earnings from self-employment” under section 1402 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. The facts have been stipulated.
At the time of his death on June 5, 1970, and at all times relevant herein, William J. Ellsasser was a resident of the District of Columbia, as was his wife, Charlotte C.…
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