Key legal question
Whether consulting and board fees were taxable to the individual taxpayer or to his company for direct federal tax
Extracted holding
The fees were attributable to the individual taxpayer; the alleged contractual attribution to the company was not proven.
Extracted reasoning
Income from personal services is presumed to belong to the person performing them. The taxpayers failed to prove any mandate or delegation agreements shifting entitlement to the company; no sufficient written or otherwise proven contracts existed.