Cozart Packing Company, Inc., Appellant v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Appellee, 475 F.2d 1399 (4th Cir. 1973)

PER CURIAM

This is an appeal by Cozart Packing Company, Inc., from the decision of the United States Tax Court disallowing as a deduction¹  a portion of the salary paid to Robert T. Cozart, Jr., the vice-president and secretary of the corporation. Upon the evidence before it, the Tax Court found that the $9,000 salary paid to Cozart was excessive and that a reasonable salary for the years in question would have been $5,000.

The determination of what is reasonable compensation is a question of fact, Miles-Conley Co. v. Commissioner, 173 F.2d 958 (C.A.4, 1949), and the issue on this appeal is, of course, whether the Tax Court's finding is clearly erroneous. Commissioner v. Duberstein 363 U.S. 278 (1960). Upon careful examination and consideration of the briefs and record we cannot say that these findings are clearly erroneous and, accordingly, dispense with oral argument and affirm on the opinion of the Tax Court.²