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          Items of omitted              Amounts asserted  1Amounts asserted           
          gross income                   by the Bensons     by respondent             
          ERG recreation account        $2,698                   --                   
          Alice Lane--property taxes    8,196                    --                   
          Automobile expenses                14,723              --                   
          Director’s fees               37,000                   --                   
          Esther Benson check           12,000                   --                   
          Townsend check           15,000                        --                   
          Travel expenses                  26,690                --                   
          Legal expenses                     34,159              --                   
          Employee relation’s fund             44,027            --                   
          Education expenses                  9,166              --                   
          Life insurance                4,781                    --                   
          Additional dividends                  586           --                      
          Total                         119,026             $399,826                  
               1 On brief, respondent failed to itemize the Bensons’ 1994             
          omitted gross income and provided only the total amount of the              
          Bensons’ omitted gross income.                                              
               2 In Benson v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2004-272, we held              
          that Burton Benson received constructive dividend income of                 
          $3,889 from travel expenses.  We will use this amount to                    
          calculate the Bensons’ omitted gross income.                                
               3 In Benson v. Commissioner, supra, we held that Burton                
          Benson received constructive dividend income of $4,033 from legal           
          expenses paid by ERG.  We will use this amount to calculate the             
          Bensons’ omitted gross income.                                              
               4 In Benson v. Commissioner, supra, we held that the Bensons           
          received constructive dividend income of $3,035 from amounts paid           
          by ERG for the employee relation fund.  We will use this amount             
          to calculate the Bensons’ omitted gross income.                             
          The parties argue that the Bensons reported gross income in 1994            
          as follows:                                                                 
          Items of gross           Amounts asserted    Amounts asserted               
          income                    by the Bensons          by respondent             
          Wages                    $196,000                 $196,000                  
          Interest                 7,105                    7,105                     
          Less: Baden Spiel Haus         --                         1(4)              
          flowthrough interest                                                        
          Less: Hermsmeir partnership   --                        1(411)              
          flowthrough interest                                                        
          Dividends                29,327                        62,748               
          Less: NPI flowthrough           --                   1(62,735)              





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