Estate of James Barudin, Deceased, Muriel B. Clarke, Executrix - Page 8

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               In 1987 and 1988, although lease rates for prime office                
          space in midtown Manhattan rose slightly each year, lease rates             
          remained relatively the same for secondary office space.                    
          During these same years, vacancy rates for both primary and                 
          secondary office space in midtown Manhattan increased.                      
               By 1989, real estate leasing activity in midtown Manhattan             
          declined.  By the end of 1989, New York City's economy was                  
          experiencing a recession.                                                   

          Decedent's Assignment of Ownership Unit                                     
               In January of 1986, decedent assigned to his daughter,                 
          Muriel Clarke, a remainder interest in his one ownership unit in            
          the FC Partnership, retaining for the remainder of his life all             
          income, dividends, and distributions received in connection with            
          this ownership unit.                                                        
               On April 15, 1986, decedent filed a Federal gift tax return            
          with respect to the assignment to his daughter of a remainder               
          interest in his one ownership unit in the FC Partnership.  Using            
          a liquidation value for the FC partnership of $19,953,778 and a             
          20-percent minority interest discount, and computing the value of           
          the remainder interest assigned to his daughter at 82 percent of            
          the $168,421 value computed for the ownership unit, the remainder           
          interest in the ownership unit that decedent assigned to his                
          daughter in 1986 was valued on decedent's 1986 Federal gift tax             
          return at $146,302.                                                         





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