Respondent determined a deficiency in the Federal income tax of petitioners for the taxable year 1961 in the amount of $12,948.49.
The sole issue for our determination is whether petitioners were entitled to deduct the cost of an on-sale retailer's liquor license as a loss under section 165(a)
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