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APPEAL OF AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER COMPANY OF AMERICA.
Automatic Sprinkler Co. v. Commissioner
Docket No. 4987.
United States Board of Tax Appeals
5 B.T.A. 479 ; 1926 BTA LEXIS 2853 ;
November 12, 1926 , Decided
*2853 Irving Smith, Jr., Esq., for the petitioner.
Thomas P. Dudley, Jr., Esq., for the Commissioner.
LITTLETON
*479 LITTLETON: This is an appeal from the determination of deficiencies for the years 1918 and 1919 in the amounts of $32,802.85 and $7,800.80, respectively, of which amounts approximately $2,100 is in dispute.
The controversy arises from the reduction by the Commissioner from $50,000 to $25,000 of invested capital, representing alleged value of patents and license agreements.
*480 FINDINGS OF FACT.
The taxpayer is a Delaware corporation with principal office in New York City. During the taxable years it was affiliated with the Sypho-Chemical Sprinkler Corporation. On February 6, 1916, the Sypho-Chemical Sprinkler Corporation acquired for $200,000 par value of its capital stock certain patents and license agreements covering a certain automatic fire extinguishment system, which patents and license agreements had an actual cash value at the time acquired for stock of $50,000.
Judgment will be entered for the petitioner upon the issue raised on 15 days' notice, under Rule 50.