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mornings. Despite being confronted during this period by at
least one coworker friend who was concerned about his drug use,
Mark made no effort to stop abusing drugs. In 1982 and 1983,
during Mark's chaotic last 2 years at Goldman, Sachs & Co., he
stopped filing income tax returns. In 1981, just as his drug use
was increasing and his behavior had begun to become more erratic,
Mark prepared and filed a joint income tax return for himself and
Marla for 1980 that included a detailed income averaging
computation.
Although Mark's income continued to rise in 1982 and 1983,
he drew his bonuses from a pool based upon the performance of his
group as a whole. The bonus growth was mainly fueled by the
resurgent stock market of the early 1980's, and not by Mark's
particular expertise and efforts. In 1982, over $150,000 of
Mark's total compensation of $202,385 consisted of bonuses. In
1983, Mark's income grew to $441,075, although that included
deferred compensation received by him when he resigned his
position. Goldman Sachs & Co. earned commissions of $2.5 million
to $4.5 million during 1981 to 1983 on transactions that Mark had
executed. During the 1980's, Goldman Sachs & Co. promoted many
of Mark's contemporaries to positions of greater responsibility,
while Mark was not so promoted. He remained one of many traders
who had a nominal title of vice president. His career had begun
to stall. During his last couple of years at Goldman Sachs &
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