- 5 - During the years at issue, petitioners paid professional fees to a land use planning firm and engineers for services such as review of the land use plan, a wetlands survey, and evaluation of sewerability. Petitioners also paid for legal assistance in their zoning appeal and in negotiating the stipulation. Other expenditures included payment for repair of a broken floppy disk drive on petitioners' computer and for typing services. Petitioners used their computer for word processing, to keep business records, and to prepare their tax returns. In 1992, petitioners used the services of a tax accountant and a tax lawyer to review their records.2 Petitioners timely filed U.S. Individual Income Tax Returns for the taxable years 1991 and 1992. They claimed deductions for LM Development's 1991 and 1992 business activities on Schedules C as follows: 2 Petitioner Lee Hustead so testified without specifying the amount paid, which on brief petitioners listed as $650.Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Next
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