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HELVERING V. PRICE, 309 U. S. 409 (1940)
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Helvering v. Price, 309 U.S. 409 (1940)
Helvering v. Price
No. 559
Argued March 5, 6, 1940
Decided March 25, 1940
309 U.S. 409
Syllabus
A taxpayer, keeping accounts upon a cash basis, is not entitled to deduct, as a loss sustained during the taxable year, Revenue Act, 1932, § 23(e), a payment made in discharge of his liability to a bank on a guaranty, but made by substituting his new note to the bank for his earlier one, of the same amount. P. 309 U. S. 412.
106 F.2d 336 reversed.
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