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          in excess of 59 days working on the Harwichport property,                   
          excluding travel time between the Harwichport property and                  
          petitioner's residence in Wallingford, Connecticut.                         
               In the Boston Globe on October 28, 1990, petitioner                    
          advertised the Harwichport property for sale, "completely                   
          furnished", for $154,500.  In November 1990, petitioner placed              
          similar advertisements in the Cape Codder, and the Providence               
          Journal.  There were no advertisements in 1990 offering the                 
          property for rent.                                                          
               Petitioner's employment as a police officer included the use           
          of an unmarked police car.  The only restriction on petitioner's            
          use of the police car was that he could not take that vehicle               
          outside the State of Connecticut.  Petitioner owned a Lincoln               
          Continental (Lincoln) which he left parked at his father's house            
          located in Warren, Connecticut.  When petitioner needed to travel           
          to the Harwichport property, he would park his police car at his            
          father's house.  Petitioner would then drive the Lincoln to the             
          Harwichport property.  On the Form 4562 attached to petitioner's            
          1990 Form 1040, petitioner indicated a business use percentage of           
          90 percent for the Lincoln.  Petitioner did not respond to the              
          questions "Do you have evidence to support the business use                 
          claimed?" and "If 'Yes,' is the evidence written?" that appear on           
          lines 22a and 22b, respectively, of Form 4562.                              








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