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          F.2d 694, 697 (3d Cir. 1968).  Our analysis of the factors is set           
          forth below.                                                                
          1.   Certificates Evidencing Indebtedness                                   
               The outward form of the transaction is not controlling.  See           
          Bauer v. Commissioner, supra at 1367-1368.  The Court of Appeals            
          for the Ninth Circuit has stated:                                           
                    Although the inquiry of a court in resolving the                  
               debt-equity issue is primarily directed at ascertaining                
               the intent of the parties * * * a distinction must be                  
               made between objective and subjective expressions of                   
               intent.  An objective expression of intent, as                         
               contained in the documentation of an advance of money,                 
               is generally not to be afforded special weight.  It                    
               alone cannot be controlling of the debt-equity issue.                  
               * * *  [A.R. Lantz Co. v. United States, supra at                      
               1333.]                                                                 
               Where the form of the advance does not correspond to the               
          intrinsic economic nature of the transaction, labels are not an             
          accurate expression of the subjective intention of parties to a             
          transaction and lose their meaning.  See Fin Hay Realty Co. v.              
          United States, supra at 697 (advances were contributions to                 
          capital where "all the formal indicia of an obligation were                 
          meticulously made to appear" and shareholders had "power to                 
          create whatever appearance would be of tax benefit to them                  
          despite the economic reality of the transaction").                          
               In this case, there were several discrepancies between the             
          terms of the documents and the oral agreement between petitioner            
          and Mr. Magness.  For example, according to the Contract, the               
          $40,000 yearly salary for consulting was due and payable on                 





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