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                  On its Federal income tax return for the year ending                
             August 31, 1983, petitioner reported a gain of $13,791,615               
             from the sale of its soybean facilities to Boone Valley.                 
             This gain was composed of the following components:                      

                    Amount realized in excess of cost basis$501,903                   
                    Sec. 1245 recapture                   9,963,255                   
                    Straight-line depreciation                                        
                    on sec. 1250 property                 3,326,457                   
                    Total reported gain               13,791,615                      

             Petitioner reported $3,828,360 of the gain as patronage                  
             capital gain under section 1231.  This amount consists                   
             of the portion of the gain equal to the amount realized                  
             in excess of the cost basis ($501,903) and the portion                   
             representing the straight-line depreciation taken on                     
             section 1250 property ($3,326,457).  Petitioner reported                 
             the portion of the gain representing section 1245                        
             recapture ($9,963,255) as ordinary patronage income.                     
                  In the subject notice of deficiency, respondent                     
             reclassifies the portion of gain representing the amount                 
             realized in excess of cost basis, $501,903, as                           
             nonpatronage capital gain.  Respondent does not adjust                   
             petitioner's treatment of the portion of the gain                        
             representing section 1245 recapture, $9,963,255 (treated                 
             as ordinary patronage income), or petitioner's treatment                 
             of the portion of the gain representing straight-line                    







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