William Spencer Bach and Barbara Ruth Bach - Page 3

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                                  FINDINGS OF FACT                                    

               Some of the facts have been stipulated and are so found.               
          The stipulation of facts is incorporated herein by this                     
          reference.  Petitioners resided in Potomac, Maryland, at the time           
          they filed their petition.                                                  
               During 1986, 1987, and 1988, Mr. Bach worked as a real                 
          estate broker for a business known as ISI Real Estate Co., which            
          was owned in part by petitioners.3  In addition, Mr. Bach was               
          also the sole shareholder of Investment Syndications, Inc. (ISI),           
          which was incorporated in May 1981.  During the same years, Ms.             
          Bach worked as an accountant for RMR & Associates, Inc.                     
               As of January 1, 1987, Mr. Bach was a general partner of               
          America/Bradley Limited Partnership (America/Bradley).  The                 
          principal business of America/Bradley was real estate                       
          construction.  Mr. Bach owned a 22.5-percent interest in                    
          America/Bradley and had a deficit capital account balance of                
          $448,756 as of January 1, 1987.  The total of all America/Bradley           
          partners' capital accounts decreased from a deficit of $996,674             
          at the beginning of 1987 to a deficit of $2,853,708 at the end of           
          1987.  During 1987, Mr. Bach assigned his entire interest in                


               3Petitioners conducted their real estate business under the            
          name of ISI Real Estate Co. and represented on their 1987                   
          Schedule C that Ms. Bach owned 60 percent of the business and Mr.           
          Bach owned 10 percent of the business.  The ownership of the                
          remaining 30 percent of ISI Real Estate Co. is unclear from the             
          record.                                                                     




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