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          independent of tax consequences.  Antonides v. Commissioner, 91             
          T.C. 686, 694 (1988), affd. 893 F.2d 656 (4th Cir. 1990).                   
               The determination of profit objective is factually based and           
          requires a consideration of all the surrounding facts and                   
          circumstances.  Finoli v. Commissioner, 86 T.C. 697, 722 (1986);            
          sec. 1.183-2(b), Income Tax Regs.  Although the purpose of the              
          inquiry is to ascertain the taxpayer's subjective intent, greater           
          weight is given to objective facts than to self-serving                     
          statements of intent.  Beck v. Commissioner, 85 T.C. 557, 570               
          (1985); sec. 1.183-2, Income Tax Regs.                                      
               In conducting the profit objective analysis, courts have               
          relied on a nonexclusive list of nine factors enumerated in the             
          regulations under section 183.  See Hendricks v. Commissioner, 32           
          F.3d 94 (4th Cir. 1994), affg. T.C. Memo. 1993-396; Independent             
          Elec. Supply, Inc. v. Commissioner, 781 F.2d 724 (9th Cir. 1986),           
          affg. Lahr v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 1984-472; Elliott v.                 
          Commissioner, 90 T.C. 960 (1988), affd. without published opinion           
          899 F.2d 18 (9th Cir. 1990).  No single factor is determinative             
          of the issue, however.  Golanty v. Commissioner, 72 T.C. 411                
          (1979), affd. without published opinion 647 F.2d 170 (9th Cir.              
          1981).  The nine factors set forth under section 1.183-2(b),                
          Income Tax Regs., are: (1) The manner in which the taxpayer                 
          carries on the activity; (2) the expertise of the taxpayer or his           
          advisers; (3) the time and effort expended by the taxpayer in               
          carrying on other similar or dissimilar activities; (4) the                 




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