- 6 - loans. The balances of petitioner's deferred interest account for the years 1984 through 1990, as reported on the balance sheets attached as Schedule L to petitioner's Federal income tax returns, are as follows: Deferred Interest Year Per Schedule L 1984 $5,045,821.33 1985 5,354,536.83 1986 5,799,020.10 1987 6,564,988.00 1988 7,569,183.00 1989 7,485,966.00 1990 7,772,543.00 Prior to respondent's audit, petitioner's employees had not reconciled the deferred interest income account with the customer ledger cards for approximately 20 years. Mr. Robert Hinman, the managing principal of the Lawton office of an accounting firm, was responsible for the preparation of petitioner's tax returns from 1987 through the year in issue. At no time did Mr. Hinman examine petitioner's method of accounting for interest income to determine whether it was consistent with generally accepted accounting principles, the Internal Revenue Code, or applicable Treasury regulations. Petitioner reported interest income for Federal income tax purposes for the years and in the amounts as follows: Year Amount 1984 $923,185.00 1985 1,007,549.50Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Next
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