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          embodies "property described in section 1250(c)34 and * * * in              
          section 1245(a)(3)(C)."  Sec. 168(g)(4).35                                  
               Petitioners are not engaged in an activity described in                
          section 1245(a)(3)(B).  Additionally, the disputed property items           
          are not described in section 1245(a)(3)(E) or (F).  Accordingly,            
          the disputed property items constitute section 1245 class                   
          property only if they are personal property as defined in section           
          1245(a)(3)(A).  See also sec. 1.1245-3(a), Income Tax Regs.                 
               Section 1.1245-3(b)(1), Income Tax Regs., defines personal             
          property as "(1) Tangible personal property (as defined in                  
          paragraph (c) of � 1.48-1, relating to the definition of 'section           
          38 property' for purposes of the investment credit)".                       
          Accordingly, ACRS incorporates within the meaning of section 1245           
          class property tangible personal property defined in section                
          1.48-1(c), Income Tax Regs.36                                               


          34   Sec. 1250(c) provides as follows:                                      
               (c) Section 1250 Property.  For purposes of this section,              
               the term "section 1250 property" means any real property               
               (other than section 1245 property, as defined in section               
               1245(a)(3)) which is or has been property of a character               
               subject to the allowance for depreciation provided in                  
               section 167.                                                           
          35   For taxable years ended 1984 and 1985, sec. 168(g)(4)                  
          provides as follows:                                                        
               (4)  Section 1250 class property.  The term "section 1250              
               class property" means property described in section 1250(c)            
               and property described in section 1245(a)(3)(C).                       
          36   Sec. 1.48-1(c), Income Tax Regs., provides as follows:                 
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