Opinion
No. 374.
June 6, 1932.
Appeal from the United States Board of Tax Appeals.
Petition by Alfred E. Badgley, opposed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, to review a determination of the United States Board of Tax Appeals, finding deficiencies in the income tax of the petitioner for the years 1923, 1924, and 1926.
Determination of the Board of Tax Appeals affirmed.
William Cogger and William D. Harris, both of Washington, D.C., for petitioner.
G.A. Youngquist, Asst. Atty. Gen., Sewall Key and Helen R. Carloss, Sp. Assts. to Atty. Gen. (C.M. Charest, Gen. Counsel, Bureau of Internal Revenue, of Washington, D.C., and W. Frank Gibbs and Frank M. Thompson, Sp. Attys., Bureau of Internal Revenue, both of Washington, D.C., of counsel), for respondent.
Before MANTON, SWAN, and CHASE, Circuit Judges.
The petitioner is a building contractor, and the Board found that he kept his books on the completed contract method and made his returns accordingly. Section 212(b) of the Revenue Act of 1921, 42 Stat. 237; article 36b, Treasury Regulation 62. There is evidence to support these findings of fact. The contention that article 36 was invalid because inconsistent with the accounting periods is without merit. It provides a method of determining income attributable to each annual period. It is a valid regulation. Burnet v. Sanford Brooks Co., 282 U.S. 359, 51 S. Ct. 150, 75 L. Ed. 383; Bent v. Commissioner, 56 F.2d 99 (C.C.A. 9). We may accept the finding of the Board that the petitioner kept his books on the completed contract basis. The Board had the opportunity to examine the petitioner's books, and, having reached the conclusion it did, we must give effect to its findings. Phillips v. Commissioner, 283 U.S. 589, 51 S. Ct. 608, 75 L. Ed. 1289. Upon the facts as found, the conclusion of the Board must be affirmed.
Order affirmed.