Legal Opinion

Finley v. Commissioner

United States Tax Court

Decided January 29, 1960No. Docket Nos. 58664, 58665Published

1. Petitioners received commissions in the taxable year with respect to accident and health group insurance policies; held, the commission income does not qualify under section 107(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939 so that petitioners are not entitled to allocate the income ratably to several taxable years. 2. Respondent's disallowance of additional printing expenses sustained. 3. The failure of petitioners Smith to make or file a declaration of estimated tax for 1952,…

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1. Petitioners received commissions in the taxable year with respect to accident and health group insurance policies; held, the commission income does not qualify under section 107(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939 so that petitioners are not entitled to allocate the income ratably to several taxable years. 2. Respondent's disallowance of additional printing expenses sustained. 3. The failure of petitioners Smith to make or file a declaration of estimated tax for 1952, held, not due to reasonable cause and respondent's determination of an addition to tax under section 294(d)(1)(A)…

1Opinion of the Court

Charles O. Finley, Shirley Finley, Petitioners, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent. Calvin L. Smith, Thelma F. Smith, Petitioners, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent

Finley v. Commissioner

Docket Nos. 58664, 58665

United States Tax Court

33 T.C. 753; 1960 U.S. Tax Ct. LEXIS 216;

January 29, 1960, Filed

Decisions will be entered under Rule 50.

1. Petitioners received commissions in the taxable year with respect to accident and health group insurance policies; held, the commission income does not qualify under section 107(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939 so that…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Moline Properties, Inc. v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  2. Commissioner v. AckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
  3. Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Moline Properties, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1942
  4. Myers v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1948
  5. Gordon v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1948

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