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          Welch v. Helvering, 290 U.S. 111, 115 (1933).  Petitioner also              
          must prove his entitlement to the disputed deductions.                      
          Deductions are a matter of legislative grace.  New Colonial Ice             
          Co. v. Helvering, 292 U.S. 435, 440 (1934).                                 
          1.  $50,000 and $47,350 Amounts                                             
               Petitioner claimed on his 1991 and 1992 Forms 1040 that he             
          was entitled to deduct $50,000 and $47,350, respectively, under             
          section 1244.  Petitioner has abandoned this claim and now claims           
          that he may deduct these amounts as business bad debts under                
          section 166.  Petitioner contends that the Bank lent him the                
          $500,000 at issue, and that he lent this amount to EPC mainly to            
          secure income that it was paying him as rent and salary.                    
          Petitioner concludes that the cessation of EPC caused its debt to           
          him to become worthless, triggering his entitlement to a business           
          bad debt deduction.  Petitioner concedes that he has no written             
          documentation to support his claim of a loan to EPC but states              
          that he regularly lent money to EPC in this manner.                         
               Respondent determined that petitioner was not allowed to               
          deduct either the $50,000 or the $47,350 amount.  According to              
          respondent, the Bank lent the money to EPC.  Respondent conceded            
          at trial that petitioner is entitled to deduct a $12,000                    
          nonbusiness bad debt for the amount that he paid the SBA to                 
          satisfy his liability on the Loan.                                          
               We agree with respondent.  We have found as a fact that the            
          Bank lent the $500,000 to EPC, and we read the record as having             




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