MEMORANDUM FINDINGS OF FACT AND OPINION
STERRETT,
Petitioner, Robert Bruce Dunn, resided in the Balboa Canal Zone at the time the petition herein was filed. His Federal income tax return for the taxable year 1972 was untimely filed on April 17, 1973 with the internal revenue service center, San Francisco, California.
Petitioner and Faye Lew each have a 50 percent partnership interest in D/L Company (hereinafter D/L). In January 1972, D/L purchased an apartment building at 601 Lake Street, San Francisco, California. In addition to the apartment building, D/L owns several desert lots. The building and the lots were D/L's only assets in 1972.
Respondent in his notice of deficiency, dated May 30, 1975, made several adjustments to the ordinary net income (loss) of D/L for its taxable year ended December 31, 1972 and based upon the record presented, respondent's statements at trial and agreements between the parties, we find D/L's 1972 net ordinary income (loss) as follows:
Reported on | Respondent's | Respondent's | Correct | |
Items in Dispute | 1972 Return | Adjustments | Revised Amounts | Amounts |
Gross receipts | $ 15,486 | $ 14,452 | $ 29,938 | $ 15,486 1 |
Depreciation on building | ||||
Cost of apartment bldg. | ||||
(excluding land) | 28,279 | 80,741 | 109,020 | 109,020 |
Useful life | 20 yrs. | 30 yrs. | 30 yrs. | 30 yrs. |
1972 Depreciation on bldg. | 1,131 | 2,200 | 3,331 | 3,331 2 |
Additional 1st yr. | ||||
depreciation | 6,606 | (6,606) | 0 | 0 3 |
Depreciation on furniture | ||||
and fixtures | 380 | (380) | 0 | 380 |
Repairs | 2,950 | (2,950) | 0 | 2,950 |
Interest expense | 9,765 | (1,064) | 8,701 | 9,765 |
Taxes | 2,519 | (167) | 2,352 | 2,519 |
Other deductions | 1,492 | (1,048) | 444 | 1,492 |
1972 Ordinary net income (loss) | (9,357) | 24,467 | 15,110 | (4,951) |
Petitioner's distributive share | (4,679) | 12,234 | 7,555 | (2,476) |
Finally respondent has conceded that petitioner is not liable for the asserted additions to tax under
1. Respondent has confessed that he made a mathematical error in the amount of $5,198 and the remaining amount of the adjustment, $9,254, was a capital contribution and not income to D/L. ↩
2. Both parties used the straight line method of computing depreciation. ↩
3. Real property does not qualify for additional first year depreciation under section 179.↩