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                    Taxable Year 1986                                                 
                Date            Deposits                                              
               4/2/86          $1096.00                                               
                    total      $1096.00                                               
          The account records indicate that most of the 66 deposit                    
          transactions involved the deposit of multiple checks.                       
               During the years at issue, the foreign account earned the              
          following amounts of interest:                                              
               Year        Interest Earned                                            
               1980            $ 7,503                                                
               1981            33,286                                                 
               1982            33,594                                                 
               1983            24,408                                                 
               1984            30,539                                                 
               1985            48,621                                                 
               1986            36,886                                                 
          In 1980, petitioner also realized a short-term capital gain in              
          the amount of $13,117.23 from assets contained in the foreign               
          account.                                                                    
               Petitioner used a professional accountant to prepare his tax           
          returns for each year at issue.  He did not, however, provide the           
          accountant with information pertaining to the existence of the              
          foreign account.  Consequently, the accountant did not include,             
          and petitioner did not report on his returns for any taxable year           
          at issue, either the interest earned on the foreign account or              
          the short-term capital gain realized in 1980.6  Petitioner                  


               6Similarly, petitioner did not file a Form 90-22.1 (report             
          of foreign bank and financial account) with regard to the foreign           
          account for any taxable year at issue.                                      



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