DE VANE, District Judge.
This is a suit to recover an alleged overpayment of income taxes for the year, 1944. The question presented is whether, under Section 23(a) (2) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C.A. § 23(a) (2), attorney's fees paid by the taxpayer in the year 1944 in the determination of his gift tax liability for the year 1940 are allowable as a deduction from his gross income. The evidence in the case is not in dispute.
Plaintiff is and...
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