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          for "Office space" in the amount of $5,800 and "Legal fee" in the           
          amount of $4,200.3                                                          
               Petitioner asserts that a friend prepared his 1989 and 1990            
          returns.  The record does not indicate the name or occupation of            
          the preparer.  The return preparer signature line on each of the            
          1989 and 1990 returns is blank.  Petitioner could not explain the           
          basis for many of the deductions claimed on the returns.  As                
          previously indicated, petitioner conceded some of the claimed               
          deductions at trial.                                                        
               Petitioner asserts that the deductions claimed for the home            
          office and legal fees are correct as reflected on his 1989 and              
          1990 returns.  Petitioner arrived at the amounts of his home                
          office deductions by approximating the cost of renting comparable           
          office space for the year.  Respondent allowed petitioner                   
          deductions of one-sixth of the costs associated with his home.              
          (Petitioner's home consists of six rooms, one of which was used             
          as an office.)  The room petitioner utilized as an office                   
          measures 10 feet by 10 feet, or 100 square feet, in a home that             
          is approximately 1,800 square feet.  In this room petitioner                
          reviewed the homework of his students and prepared for class.               
               Petitioner asserts that he incurred legal expenses relating            
          to an action brought by his former wife in 1987 to gain custody             


          3  At trial, petitioner indicated that the total amount of legal fees       
          claimed on his 1989 and 1990 returns was incorrect.  Petitioner indicated that
          he should have claimed $10,000 in legal fees on each of his 1989 and 1990   
          returns.                                                                    




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