Sprint Corporation and Subsidiaries, f.k.a. United Telecommunications, Inc. - Page 2

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               ACRS.  Norwest Corp. & Subs. v. Commissioner, 108 T.C.                 
               ___ (1997), is followed.                                               
                    2.  Held, further:  Drop and block is 5-year                      
               property under sec. 168(c)(2)(B), I.R.C.                               


               Jay H. Zimbler, Michael A. Clark, Michael R. Schlessinger,             
          and William J. McKenna, Jr., for petitioner.                                
               Alan M. Jacobson, John W. Duncan,and Patricia Pierce Davis,            
          for respondent.                                                             


               HALPERN, Judge:  Respondent determined deficiencies in                 
          petitioner's Federal income taxes for the years and in the                  
          amounts as follows:                                                         
                              Year           Deficiency                               
                              1982           $7,400,722                               
                              1983           39,996                                   
                              1984           318,791                                  
                              1985           157,987                                  
               Sprint Corporation (Sprint or petitioner) is a Kansas                  
          corporation with its principal office in Westwood, Kansas.                  
          Formerly known as United Telecommunications, Inc., petitioner               
          officially changed its name to Sprint Corporation as of February            
          26, 1992.  Unless otherwise noted, references herein to Sprint              
          and petitioner will include the period during which petitioner              
          was known as United Telecommunications, Inc.  Petitioner filed              
          consolidated Federal income tax returns for itself and its                  
          eligible subsidiaries for the 1982, 1983, 1984, and 1985 taxable            
          years.                                                                      




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