Wallace R. Noel and Robinette Noel - Page 11

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          principal and interest due on loan No. 10398/111752.  No amount             
          was separately designated for principal or interest.  As of                 
          March 28, 1990, the principal portion of the note was as follows:           
          Principal balance from loan No. 10398/100160      $439,323                  
          Amount advanced for Overland Trail property            650,000              
          Payoff of loan No. 10626/68956                         168,978              
          Payoff of principal of loan No. 10398/105886           97,779               
          Funds advanced to petitioner                           30,000               
          Loan fees                                              681                  
          Total                                             1,386,761                 
               Petitioner, in his 1990 Federal income tax return, deducted            
          investment interest expense in the amount of $156,441.6  Respon-            
          dent disallowed this deduction.  Additionally, respondent deter-            
          mined that petitioner realized income of $404,210, the difference           
          between the outstanding balance of $2,204,210 and the $1,800,000            
          actually paid by petitioner.                                                
          The T.J. Cinnamons Bakery Franchise                                         
               On November 30, 1987, petitioner entered into an agreement             
          to purchase the assets of a T.J. Cinnamons Bakery franchise                 
          located in San Antonio, Texas.  T.J. Cinnamons Bakery is a                  
          company that specializes in bakery products.  Petitioner paid               
          $60,000 to acquire the business and assumed a note in the amount            
          of $181,058.                                                                
               Shortly after the transaction was consummated, petitioner              
          discovered that the seller had given him inaccurate financial               


          6The amount of the deduction was limited to petitioner's net                
          investment income.                                                          




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