Smith v. Commissioner

40 B.T.A. 1038 (1939) aff’d without opinion, 113 F.2d 114 (2nd Cir. 1940)

Facts

H and W (Ps) were both employed and worked and had to hire nursemaids to care for their young children. They deducted those expenses from their 1937 income tax. The IRS disallowed the deduction.