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               the last days of the taxable years but before the due                  
               dates of the returns as extended.                                      
                    1.  Held:  pension contributions, based on units                  
               of service worked after the close of TYE 8801 and                      
               before Oct. 17, 1988, were not on account of P's TYE                   
               8801, as required by sec. 404(a)(6), I.R.C., and are                   
               therefore not deductible in that year.  Lucky Stores,                  
               Inc., & Subs. v. Commissioner, 107 T.C. 1 (1996),                      
               supplemented by T.C. Memo. 1997-70, followed.                          
                    2.  Held, further, vacation pay, based on units of                
               service worked after the close of TYE 8701 or TYE 8801                 
               and before the due date of the return for such year as                 
               extended, was not earned in TYE 8701 or TYE 8801, as                   
               required by sec. 463(a)(1), I.R.C., and is therefore                   
               not deductible in such year.                                           

               Frederick J. Gerhart, Thomas E. Doran, Stephen                         
          DiBonaventura, and Scott D. Price, for petitioner.                          
               Thomas R. Lamons, C. Glenn McLoughlin, and David L. Miller,            
          for respondent.                                                             


                                       OPINION                                        
               NIMS, Judge:  Respondent determined the following                      
          deficiencies in petitioner's Federal income tax:                            
               Taxable year ending (TYE)               Deficiency                     
                    February 2, 1985                   $3,704,320                     
                    February 1, 1986                   726,452                        
                    January 31, 1987                   43,266,274                     
                    January 30, 1988                   29,480,791                     
               Unless otherwise indicated, all section references are to              
          sections of the Internal Revenue Code in effect for the years at            
          issue, and all Rule references are to the Tax Court Rules of                
          Practice and Procedure.                                                     






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