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          Corp., on the other hand, made no mention of whether testimony to           
          a similar effect was received in that case.                                 
               Furthermore, the District Court in Airborne Freight Corp.              
          did not directly address the question of the deduction                      
          limitations of section 404(a), but instead relied almost entirely           
          upon section 404(a)(6) and Rev. Rul. 76-28 in holding for the               
          taxpayer.  However, referring also to section 413(b)(7), the                
          District Court rejected the IRS argument, as phrased by the                 
          court, "that by taking more of a deduction for the 1989 tax year            
          than had been anticipated, AFC interfered with other employers'             
          ability to estimate the plan-wide deductible limit".  Airborne              
          Freight Corp. v. United States, 76 AFTR 2d 95-7497, at 95-7499,             
          96-1 USTC par. 50,004, at 83,015 (W.D. Wash. 1995).  The court              
          went on to reason that because the taxpayer was late in filing              
          its 1989 tax return, it could not have interfered with other                
          employers' ability to calculate and claim their deductions.  As             
          indicated by our Opinion and the discussion above, we                       
          respectfully disagree with the District Court's analysis in that            
          respect.                                                                    
               A final word.  We emphasize that what petitioner seeks to              
          obtain by its one-time bunching of 19 or 20 months of                       
          contributions in a single year is a permanent tax deferral.  This           
          concept is explicitly spelled out in an attachment to the                   
          Declaration of Richard E. V. Harris, in the following words:                
          "Thus, assuming a [taxpayer] double extends its Federal income              




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