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               Nov. 26                    1          Petersburg, Alaska               
               Nov. 27                    1          Sitka, Alaska                    
               Nov. 28 through Nov. 29    2          Klawock, Alaska                  
               Nov. 30                    1          Petersburg, Alaska               
               Dec. 1                     1          Sitka, Alaska                    
               Dec. 2                     1          Wrangell, Alaska                 
               Dec. 3 through Dec. 5      3          Ketchikan, Alaska                
               Dec. 6                     1          Sitka, Alaska                    
               Dec. 7                     1          Klawock, Alaska                  
               Dec. 8                     1          Juneau, Alaska                   
               Dec. 9                     1          Seattle, Washington              
               Dec. 10                    1          Ketchikan, Alaska                
               Dec. 11                    1          Seattle, Washington              
               Dec. 12 through Dec. 13    2          Edward Island, Canada            
               Dec. 14 through Dec. 31   18          Seattle, Washington              
          Total                 307                                                   
               While he was at work, Silver Bay furnished petitioner with             
          lodging and meals at no charge.  Petitioner had to and did                  
          purchase his other “personal” items.  Petitioner purchased while            
          at work incidental travel items such as hygiene products, safety            
          equipment, float coats, work gloves, and grooming services.                 
               Petitioner claimed on his 1996 Federal income tax return a             
          miscellaneous itemized deduction of $18,414 for “deemed                     
          substantiated” incidental travel expenses related to his claimed            
          employment away from home for 268 days.  Petitioner has no                  
          receipts to support the amount of these expenses.  He ascertained           
          the amount by utilizing the per diem substantiation method of the           
          applicable revenue procedures and, more specifically, the full              
          M&IE rates for the various locations to which he had traveled on            
          business.  Petitioner reported that he had ascertained the                  
          expenses as follows:                                                        






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