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· 10/9/1973

Fausner v. Commissioner

Citations

  • 413 U.S. 838
  • 93 S. Ct. 2820
  • 37 L. Ed. 2d 996
  • 1973 U.S. LEXIS 145

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  • noting a situation in which an allocation of costs may be made between personal and business expenses
  • \ We cannot read section 262 of the Internal Revenue Code as excluding such expenses from 'personal' expenses\
  • \ We cannot read section 262 of the Internal Revenue Code as excluding such expense from 'personal' expenses\
  • expenses of driving to work treated as personal expenses where taxpayer would have driven to work anyway even if he had not transported job-related tools and materials
  • which involved the present taxpayer who then lived in New York
  • “all taxpayers shall 4 A provision like this could explain why Mr. Evans was required to sign the book in Wenatchee to be referred for work in Quincy. DECISION TC-MD 180391G 7 of 15 bear the expense of commuting to and from work without receiving a deduction for that expense”

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Judges: Per Curiam

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