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          Fiscal         Net Income or                                                
          Year Ended     (Loss) Prior to     Gain or (Loss)                           
          Sept. 30       Interest Deduction1      on ECI                              
          1989      ($5,088,223)             ($5,922,973)                             
          1990      1,201,048               (106,686)                                 
          1991      4,025,081                2,676,667                                
               1Petitioner, on its first and second amended 1989 returns,             
          reported the same net loss, prior to the deduction for interest             
          expense, as had been reported on its original 1989 return.                  
               In connection with the amended returns, petitioner filed a             
          statement entitled "Elections under Treasury Regulation Section             
          1.884-1(i) and 1.884-4(e)" seeking to reduce its liabilities and            
          interest expenses, as follows:                                              
               Fiscal Year                        Interest                            
               Ended      Liability Reduction       Expense Reduction                 
               9/30/89        $8,585,294               $355,292                       
               9/30/90        10,669,677               716,924                        
               9/30/91         8,447,873               843,312                        
               Precipitated by respondent's audit examination, petitioner's           
          accountant, Kent K. Tsukamoto (Tsukamoto), a certified public               
          accountant, requested that the Seiyo office in Japan provide                
          copies of promissory notes for the 1988 through 1991 advances.              
          The employees of Seiyo initially did not understand why Tsukamoto           
          requested copies of promissory notes evidencing the advances as             
          loans.  Ultimately, Tsukamoto received a Japanese language                  
          document from Seiyo along with an English translation, entitled             
          "Confirmation/Acknowledgment".   The document was dated June 2,             
          1993, and signed by the presidents of Seiyo and petitioner.  It             







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