Court Opinion

ID: 4608666
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2020-11-20 19:43:09.564831+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:59:35.941906
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APPEAL OF JULIUS W. DEUTSCH.Deutsch v. CommissionerDocket No. 3005.United States Board of Tax Appeals2 B.T.A. 729; 1925 BTA LEXIS 2298; September 30, 1925, Decided Submitted July 6, 1925.  *2298 Ellis W. Manning, Esq., for the Commissioner.  *729  Before JAMES, LANSDON, and TRUSSELL.  This is an appeal from the determination of a deficiency in income tax for the year 1919 in the amount of $1,037.15.  *730  FINDINGS OF FACT.  The taxpayer is an individual residing in Cleveland, Ohio, and was the owner of a leasehold on a certain building in Cleveland, known as the Heard Block, during the taxable year in question.  Prior to March 1, 1913, and during the year 1895, the taxpayer acquired from the owner of the fee a lease to the above-mentioned property, and sublet the entire property, subject to taxes and insurance on his leasehold, so that for the years immediately prior to 1913 the net income from the property amounted to $8,959 annually.  The taxpayer claimed a deduction on his return for the taxable year in question in the amount of $5,000, which deduction was disallowed by the Commissioner.  The leasehold above mentioned had a fair market value on March 1, 1913, of $48,454.88 and a life of 7 years and 1 month, and was subject to exhaustion at the rate of $6,840.69 per annum.  DECISION.  The deficiency should be computed in accordance*2299  with the foregoing findings of fact.  Final determination will be settled on consent or on 15 days' notice, under Rule 50.  ARUNDELL not participating.