Case Name: F. Hunt Lowry, Petitioner, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent
Court: United States Board of Tax Appeals
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1928-04-03
Citations: 11 B.T.A. 409
Docket Number: Docket No. 11972
Parties: F. Hunt Lowry, Petitioner, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of the United States Board of Tax Appeals
Volume: 11
Pages: 409–409

Head Matter:
F. Hunt Lowry, Petitioner, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent.
Docket No. 11972.
Promulgated April 3, 1928.
F. Hunt Lowry pro se.
A. H. Murray, Esq., for the respondent.

Opinion:
Littleton:
The Commissioner determined a deficiency of $100.25 for 1919 and a penalty of $25.00 for failure to file a return, and a deficiency of $1,087.58 for the year 1920. Petitioner claims that the Commissioner erred (1) in arbitrarily fixing his income for 1919 in the amount of $3,506.28; (2) in allowing him an exemption of on y $1,000 for the taxable years, whereas he was entitled to an exemption of $2,200; (3) in arbitrarily fixing his income for 1920 at $2,290.45 and determining a profit from the sale of real estate of $11,075.50.
FINDINGS OF FACT.
Petitioner is a resident of Wilmore, Ky., and during the taxable years, was engaged in farming. For the year 1919 petitioner had a total income from his farming operations of $3,499.08 and during that year his ordinary and necessary business expenses, including deductible contributions and depreciation on business property, amounted to $1,354.87. Petitioner ivas the head of a family and his granddaughter under eighteen years of age was entirely dependent upon him for support. He was entitled to a personal exemption of $2,200 for each of the taxable years 1919 and 1920.
For the year 1920 petitioner's total gross income from his farm amounted to $1,403.78. His ordinary and necessary business expenses amounted to $1,024. In 1920 petitioner sold a farm consisting of 107 acres for $21,400, or $200 an acre. This farm ivas transferred to the petitioner in 1887 by his uncle for a nominal consideration. The fair market value of this farm on March 1, 1913, was $175 an acre, or $18,725.
Petitioner filed no return for 1919 for the reason that he was advised by a representative of a bank in Wilmore that he was liable for no tax and that it was not necessary for him to file a return. It appears that petitioner had no taxable income for 1919 and there is therefore no penalty due for that year.
Judgment toill be entered on 15 days'1 notice, under Rule 50.