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          issue, petitioner did not file Federal income tax returns.  At              
          the time the petition was filed, petitioner resided in Runnells,            
          Iowa.                                                                       
               During the years at issue, petitioner worked as a business             
          consultant.  For a number of years during this period, petitioner           
          was paid by Larryann Hunt, Inc. for rendering consulting ser-               
          vices.  The services provided to Larryann Hunt, Inc., primarily             
          consisted of bookkeeping functions.  It is not clear how many               
          other clients petitioner worked for during these years, and                 
          petitioner has not provided any documentary evidence relating to            
          the amount of consulting income that he earned from 1987 through            
          1993.                                                                       
               Petitioner is a general partner in Cedar Grove Limited                 
          Partnership (Cedar Grove).  Petitioner's four children are                  
          limited partners in this partnership.1  Cedar Grove is the record           
          owner of a farm, and, from 1988 through 1993, this farm was                 
          rented to an individual named Ken Cheers.  Petitioner received              
          rental checks from Ken Cheers and deposited them into various               
          checking accounts.  Petitioner maintained a number of checking              
          accounts in the name of Cedar Grove.  At times, petitioner used             
          money from the accounts of Cedar Grove to pay his personal living           
          expenses.  It is not clear whether all of the checks petitioner             


               1It is not clear whether petitioner's wife is a general                
          partner or a limited partner of Cedar Grove Limited Partnership.            




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