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          by the opinion of any expert witness when the opinion is contrary           
          to our judgment.  Chiu v. Commissioner, 84 T.C. 722, 734 (1985).            
          We may accept or reject expert testimony as we find appropriate.            
          Helvering v. National Grocery Co., 304 U.S. 282, 294-295 (1938);            
          Seagate Tech., Inc. & Consol. Subs. v. Commissioner, 102 T.C.               
          149, 186 (1994).                                                            
               Petitioner's expert report was prepared by Peterson                    
          Consulting L.L.C. (Peterson Consulting).  Mr. Philip Rowley                 
          (Rowley), a vice president of Peterson Consulting, testified at             
          trial regarding his company's valuation of the license.  Peterson           
          Consulting applied an incremental profit method to value the                
          license.  For the valuation, Peterson Consulting included the               
          following assets as being part of the license agreement:  Trade             
          names, trademarks and logos, SMMT, the right to market SMMT,                
          computer software, and certification as a Dharma/Nyingma                    
          organization.  Peterson Consulting also considered DM's covenant            
          not to compete in its evaluation of the license.                            
               Under the incremental profits method, Peterson Consulting              
          estimated petitioner's profits with and without the licensed                
          assets.  It attributed the difference between the two, or                   
          incremental profits, to the value of the licensed assets.  It               
          adjusted the value for applicable taxes and discounted it to                
          present value.  Peterson Consulting valued petitioner's business,           
          as of the 1990 amendment, with the license at $5,611,392 and                
          without the license at $439,970 for incremental profits from the            



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