Legal Opinion

Myers v. Commissioner

United States Tax Court

Decided April 9, 1957No. Docket No. 64218PublishedCited by 22 opinions

Jurisdiction -- Deficiency -- Definition -- Tax Imposed By Chapter 1, I. R. C. 1939 -- Secs. 271 and 294 (d). -- The tax imposed by chapter 1, for the purpose of the definition of a deficiency in determining jurisdiction of the Tax Court, includes both the tax imposed by subchapter B and any additions to the tax imposed by section 294 (d); and if the Commissioner in his notice of deficiency separately indicated an overassessment in one part and a deficiency in the other, the…

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Jurisdiction -- Deficiency -- Definition -- Tax Imposed By Chapter 1, I. R. C. 1939 -- Secs. 271 and 294 (d). -- The tax imposed by chapter 1, for the purpose of the definition of a deficiency in determining jurisdiction of the Tax Court, includes both the tax imposed by subchapter B and any additions to the tax imposed by section 294 (d); and if the Commissioner in his notice of deficiency separately indicated an overassessment in one part and a deficiency in the other, the two must be offset against each other to see whether the net result is the determination of a deficiency or an…

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION.

Murdock, Judge:

The notice of deficiency covers the years from 1948 through 1952. The determination with respect to the years 1949 and 1950 is as follows:

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The Commissioner has moved to dismiss the proceeding as to 1950 for lack of jurisdiction on the ground that actually an overassessment of $2,252.63 was determined for that year since the $2,950.06 overassessment shown exceeded the total additions of $697.43 to the tax under section 294 (d) by $2,252.63. The petitioners then moved to dismiss the proceeding for 1949 for lack of jurisdiction insofar as it relates to income…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Eck v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1951
  2. Newsom v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1954
  3. Ely & Walker Dry Goods Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1929
  4. Schneider v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1941

3Cited by22 opinions

  1. George Olshausen v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960
  2. Ralph C. Granquist, District Director of Internal Revenue for the District of Oregon v. Margaret HacklemanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1959
  3. Martz v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1981
  4. Logan v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1986
  5. Marbut v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1957

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