Questione giuridica chiave
Whether depreciation on the disputed properties was deductible as business expense for a self-employed real estate dealer
Decisione estratta
Only the single property sold as trading stock could potentially fall into current assets; the remaining properties were capital investment properties, so no depreciation was allowed.
Motivazione estratta
Under Federal Supreme Court case law, ordinary depreciation is admissible only for operating properties, not for capital investment properties. The taxpayer qualified as a real estate dealer, but the challenged properties were not shown to be operating properties and were used for investment.