Case Name: Appeal of EDWARD J. McDONNELL
Court: United States Board of Tax Appeals
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1926-04-22
Citations: 4 B.T.A. 49
Docket Number: Docket No. 6194
Parties: Appeal of EDWARD J. McDONNELL.
Judges: Before Graupner and Trammell.
Reporter: Reports of the United States Board of Tax Appeals
Volume: 4
Pages: 49–50

Head Matter:
Appeal of EDWARD J. McDONNELL.
Docket No. 6194.
Submitted January 26, 1926.
Decided April 22, 1926.
Jacob Kromherg, O. P. A., for the taxpayer.
D. D. Shepard, Esq., for the Commissioner.
Before Graupner and Trammell.

Opinion:
FINDINGS OF FACT.
The taxpayer is an individual residing at White Plains, N. T.
In 1922, and for many years prior thereto, he was employed by William Green, a corporation located at New York City. His salary for 1922 was $10,400, of which he actually drew in cash $4,475, the balance, $5,525, being credited to him on the books of the corporation. The withdrawal by the taxpayer of only a part of his salary was in accordance with a verbal agreement made in January, 1922, with William Green, the principal stockholder, that he would draw only an amount sufficient for his living expenses. The taxpayer owned one share of stock in this corporation of a total of 1,000 shares outstanding.
The balance sheet of the William Green corporation as of December 31, 1922, showed a surplus of $207,021.91. Included in the assets was an item of $435,204.56, representing charges against the Leslie Judge Co., Inc., which that company was unable to pay.
In 1922, the taxpayer was secretary of the William Green corporation and treasurer of the Leslie Judge Co, William Green became the sole owner of the Leslie Judge Co. in February, 1921, and, for the succeeding 10 months in 1921 and for the year 1922, the two corporations filed consolidated income-tax returns.
The only record that the taxpayer kept of his receipts and expenditures was a check book. His income-tax returns have been filed on a cash receipts and disbursements basis.
The amount of $5,525 was not available to the taxpayer in 1922 and did not constitute income to him in that year.
Order of redetermination will be entered on IB days' notice, wider Bule 50.