The petitioner invested in three partnerships that were created to provide investors with charitable deductions from investments in cemetery plots that were held for over one year and then contributed to charity. The partnerships failed to hold the plots for longer than a year, but reported that the investors could claim charitable contribution deductions for more than the appraised values, as opposed to basis. The partnerships also had no income or expense for the tax years at issue other than the charitable deductions. The petitioner claimed a loss on his investments based on the partnership interests being worthless at year-end. IRS denied the losses on the basis that the petitioner's investment lacked profit intent. The court agreed with the IRS and that profit intent was clearly lacking. The partnerships, the court noted, were not created to realize any income or make a profit. Just because the Congress allows a deduction for a charitable contribution does not mean that a loss incurred in generating a charitable deduction should be allowed. The charitable contributions were allowed. McElroy v. Comr., T.C. Memo. 2014-163.