Paul L. Blanton and Cynthia D. Blue-Blanton - Page 6

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               5.   Taxes on the W. 22d Property                                      
               Hagan paid the delinquent county taxes on the W. 22d                   
          property for 1987, 1988, and 1989.  Petitioners paid the county             
          taxes on the W. 22d property for January 1990 at settlement.                
               6.   Petitioners' Improvements to and Sale of the W. 22d               
                    Property                                                          
               In 1989, Mr. Blanton spent a substantial amount of time                
          creating architectural drawings for the renovation of the W. 22d            
          property.  Petitioners did not begin to make substantial                    
          renovations until 1990.  Petitioners kept detailed records of               
          their improvements to the W. 22d property in 1990, 1991, and                
          1992.  Petitioners spent $42,225.46 in 1990, $63,838.02 in 1991,            
          and $9,730.49 in 1992 to renovate the W. 22d property.                      
          Petitioners included the amounts they paid in 1990, 1991, and               
          1992 to renovate the W. 22d property in their cost basis in the             
          Spokane property.  Petitioners did not include any amounts they             
          paid in 1989 in their cost basis in the Spokane property.                   
               Petitioners lived in the W. 22d property until they sold it            
          on October 30, 1992, for $485,000.  They incurred selling                   
          expenses of $38,825.  Their cost basis in the W. 22d property was           
          $302,302.  They realized gain of $143,873 on its sale, calculated           
          as follows:                                                                 
               Sale price of W. 22d property           $485,000                       
               Less adjusted cost of W. 22d property   302,302                        
               Less expenses of sale                   38,825                         
               Gain on sale of W. 22d property         143,873                        






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