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            incorporate by reference the stipulation of facts and attached                                 
            exhibits.                                                                                      
            Background                                                                                     
                  Petitioner is Foretravel, Inc. (Foretravel), a corporation                               
            organized in 1968 under the laws of the State of Texas, with its                               
            principal place of business in Nacogdoches, Texas.  During the                                 
            years in issue, petitioner filed its tax returns on a June 30                                  
            fiscal year basis.  Petitioner manufactured and sold class A                                   
            self-contained motor homes (coaches) ranging from 29 to 40 feet                                
            in length.  Petitioner sold its coaches under the trade names of                               
            Grand Villa and Unihome.  The Grand Villa sold for retail prices                               
            from $103,000 to $245,000, while the Unihome sold for retail                                   
            prices from $172,000 to $310,000.                                                              
                  Foretravel personnel included the following:  Clarence M.                                
            Fore (Mr. Fore), president; Don Franklin (Franklin), vice                                      
            president and chief financial officer; James Don Moore (Moore),                                
            vice president and general manager; Ruth Marie Fore (Mrs. Fore),                               
            secretary and treasurer; Bill Weaver (Weaver), comptroller and                                 
            assistant treasurer; and Floyd Wilcox (Wilcox), director of                                    
            marketing operations.  Mr. Fore spent his time designing and                                   
            selling coaches, while Moore essentially ran petitioner's                                      
            operations until his death in 1993.                                                            
                  Mr. Fore built his first motor home in his spare time in                                 
            1967 and incorporated Foretravel one year later to manufacture                                 






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