Case Name: Zolton V. Morvay, Petitioner, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent; Victor W. Morvay, Petitioner, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent
Court: United States Board of Tax Appeals
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1930-05-12
Citations: 19 B.T.A. 928
Docket Number: Docket Nos. 38983, 38984
Parties: Zolton V. Morvay, Petitioner, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent. Victor W. Morvay, Petitioner, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of the United States Board of Tax Appeals
Volume: 19
Pages: 928–930

Head Matter:
Zolton V. Morvay, Petitioner, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent. Victor W. Morvay, Petitioner, v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent.
Docket Nos. 38983, 38984.
Promulgated May 12, 1930.
Harry lore, Esq., for the petitioners.
O. J. Tall, Esq., for the respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION.
Black:
The petitioners allege that the respondent erred in failing to take into consideration in determining the taxable profit on the sale of their interest in a partnership the value' of their services in building up alleged good will. Since the petitioners have failed to produce sufficient evidence to enable us to determine the value of good will on March 1, 1913, or subsequent thereto, this contention must be resolved in favor of the respondent.
The other issue deals with the determination of the profit realized by each of the petitioners on the sale of their interests in the partnership of Morvay & Schrank. The respondent in computing the gain arising from the sale of the partnership assets deducted from the sale price the cost of the interest in the partnership plus the undistributed net income earned since the formation of the partnership. These computations are in accord both with the facts as proven as well as article 1603 of Regulations 69, which reads as follows:
Readjustment of partnership interests. — When a partner retires from a partnership, or it is dissolved, he realizes a gain or loss measured by the difference between the price received for his interest and the cost to him of his interest in the partnership, including in such cost the amount of his share in any undistributed partnership net income earned since he became a partner on which the income tax has been paid.
Judgment will be entered for the respondent.