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          II.  Target                                                                 
               A.  Accounting Methods and Procedures                                  
                    1.  In General                                                    
               Target comprised 205 stores that were organized into                   
          91 separate departments.  Target maintained its inventory records           
          by department and by store.                                                 
                    2.  LIFO Retail Method                                            
               Beginning in 1963 and continuing through 1984, petitioner              
          elected to value Target's inventories using the LIFO Retail                 
          Method of inventory valuation pursuant to section 1.471-8, Income           
          Tax Regs.  Pursuant to sections 1.472-1(k) and 1.472-8(c), Income           
          Tax Regs., petitioner elected to use department store indexes               
          prepared by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).                      
          Petitioner aggregated Target's departments into 17 LIFO pools               
          that corresponded to merchandise groups as established by BLS.              
                    3.  Accrual Rate for Shrinkage                                    
               Target accounted for its inventory shrinkage on the accrual            
          method, by department and by store.  Target accrued shrinkage as            
          a percentage of sales using rates (accrual rates) that were set             
          for each department in each store.  The accruals were posted                
          directly to the perpetual inventory system on a monthly basis,              
          and adjustments were made to account for accrual errors.                    
               Target developed a companywide accrual rate for each taxable           
          year by reviewing the inventory results for prior physical                  






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