U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1963

Flomarcy Co. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Flomarcy Co. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · Decided November 22, 1963
324 F.2d 730 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Flomarcy Co. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Flomarcy Company, Inc. and its controlling shareholders appeal from a decision of the Tax Court, T.C.Memo. 19G2-201, upholding the assessment of deficiencies against the petitioners for failure to report income which the company had earned but which petitioners had caused to be paid to third parties. The taxpayers introduced no evidence, and it is well settled that deficiency assessments of the Commissioner are presumptively correct. Welch v. Helvering, 290 U.S. 111, 115, 54 S.Ct. 8, 78 L.Ed. 212 (1933); Brown v. Commissioner, 141 F.2d 307, 309 (2 Cir. 1944). The argument made on this appeal that the government should have the burden of proof because a constructive dividend is a legal fiction is without legal or logical basis. The decision of the Tax Court is affirmed.

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