Case Name: Appeal of E. R. BOHAN
Court: United States Board of Tax Appeals
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1925-09-30
Citations: 2 B.T.A. 690
Docket Number: Docket No. 2000
Parties: Appeal of E. R. BOHAN.
Judges: Before Geaupner, Trammell, and Phillips.
Reporter: Reports of the United States Board of Tax Appeals
Volume: 2
Pages: 690–690

Head Matter:
Appeal of E. R. BOHAN.
Docket No. 2000.
Submitted July 7, 1925.
Decided September 30, 1925.
Olaude I. Parker, Esq., and H. H. Tooley, O. P. A., for the taxpayer.
A. Gadder Maehay, Esq., for the Commissioner.
Before Geaupner, Trammell, and Phillips.

Opinion:
This is an appeal from the determination of a deficiency of $1,182.78 in income tax for the calendar year 1919. The taxpayer alleges that certain amounts charged to his personal account during the year 1919 represented business expenses and assigns as error the failure of the Commissioner to allow as a deduction from gross income the claimed amounts. The taxpayer admitted, on the witness stand, that the amount claimed was an estimate, and the testimony offered was not sufficient to establish that such estimate was even approximately correct.
FINDINGS OF FACT.
1. The taxpayer is an individual, residing at Los Angeles, Calif.
2. During the year 1919 he was engaged in the manufacture and sale of paints.
DECISION.
The determination of the Commissioner is approved.
Arundell not participating.