Croop v. Commissioner

*174 Before JAMES, LITTLETON, and SMITH.

This is an appeal from the determination of a deficiency in income tax for the year 1922, in the amount of $16.88. The taxpayer claimed an exemption of $400 for a dependent mother.

FINDINGS OF FACT.

The taxpayer is an individual residing in the District of Columbia. During the year in question she contributed $30 per month to the support of her mother. Her mother was physically and mentally *175 capable of self-support and lived with her brother on his farm in Pennsylvania, where she kept house.

DECISION.

The determination of the Commissioner is approved.