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2013-09-22

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The following is a quote from the Tax Court regarding the computation of tax basis of an inherited apartment located in Berlin, Germany:

The question, then, is whether * * * we are to deny petitioner any basis * * * because we cannot determine the basis with that comfortable degree of accuracy which is always desirable. We cannot, under proper circumstances, avoid determination of the proper basis for computing a deduction merely because the task is difficult or the result inexact. 

Reisner v. Commr, 34 T.C. 1122 (1960)

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