Morgan L.Lucid and Mary J. Lucid - Page 15

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                         Year           Gross Income                                  
                         1988           $325,213                                      
                         1989           346,593                                       
                         1990              1321,265                                   
                         1991              1229,757                                   
                    1 The parties’ stipulation does not comport with                  
               the amounts reflected in the tax returns.  The Court                   
               has chosen to follow the figures in the returns.                       
              Kanter Yachts primarily relied on advertising to sell                  
          yachts.  The company expended approximately $51,000 to $74,000 in           
          advertising per year.  Kanter Yachts had not sold a boat in any             
          of the 12 boat shows attended from 1987 through 1991.  Manfred              
          Kanter (Kanter), proprietor of Kanter Yachts, did not believe               
          that petitioners represented Kanter Yachts during 1990.                     
                                       OPINION                                        
               We must first decide whether petitioners were involved in              
          activities that were “not engaged in for profit” within the                 
          meaning of section 183(c).  Section 183(a), generally, provides             
          that, if an activity engaged in by an individual is not engaged             
          in for profit, no deduction attributable to such activity shall             
          be allowed, except as provided in section 183(b).4  Section                 
          183(c) defines an activity not engaged in for profit as “any                
          activity other than one with respect to which deductions are                
          allowable for the taxable year under section 162 or under                   

               4 In the case of an activity not engaged in for profit, sec.           
          183(b)(1) allows a deduction for expenses that are otherwise                
          deductible without regard to whether the activity is engaged in             
          for profit.  Sec. 182(b)(2) allows a deduction for expenses that            
          would be deductible if such activity were engaged in for profit,            
          but only to the extent the total gross income derived from the              
          activity exceeds the deductions allowed by sec. 183(b)(1).                  


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