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          petitioner is entitled to itemized charitable contribution                  
          deductions in the amounts of $6,472 in 1993 and $6,813 in 1994;             
          and (4) whether petitioner is liable for accuracy-related                   
          penalties pursuant to section 6662.3                                        

                                  FINDINGS OF FACT                                    

               Some of the facts have been stipulated and are so found.               
          The stipulation of facts is incorporated herein by this                     
          reference.  At the time the petitions were filed, petitioner                
          resided in Norfolk, Virginia.                                               
               Prior to the years in issue, petitioner graduated from                 
          college and received a bachelor's degree in business                        
          administration and accounting.  Petitioner worked over 19 years             
          as a national bank examiner and has more than 24 years of                   
          professional experience in banking, accounting, and auditing.               
               During the years in issue, petitioner was engaged in two               
          different activities which she reported on Schedules C, Profit or           
          Loss From Business, of her 1993 and 1994 Federal income tax                 
          returns.  On Schedules C, attached to her 1993 and 1994 income              
          tax returns, petitioner listed her principal business or                    
          profession as "wholesale merchant" and "wholesale sales"                    


               3Unless otherwise indicated, all section references are to             
          the Internal Revenue Code in effect for the years in issue, and             
          all Rule references are to the Tax Court Rules of Practice and              
          Procedure.                                                                  




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