This proceeding involves a deficiency in income tax determined against Sam Mesi (hereinafter referred to as petitioner) in the amount of $41,555.81 for the taxable year 1946.
The issues to be decided are: (1) Whether petitioner overstated the amounts paid to winning bettors in reporting the gross income from his bookmaking business; and (2) whether the amounts paid by petitioner as wages in the conduct of his illegal bookmaking business are deductible as ordinary...
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