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          Issue 2.  Recovery Period                                                    
               We must decide the applicable recovery period for the                   
          Tobacco Barn.  Respondent determined that the Tobacco Barn is 20-            
          year property.  Petitioners contend that the Tobacco Barn is 10-             
          year or in the alternative 15-year property.  We agree with                  
          respondent.                                                                  
               The applicable recovery period is an element in the                     
          calculation of the deduction for depreciation allowed by section             
          167.  As pertinent here, section 168(c) provides the following               
          applicable recovery periods:                                                 
               Type of property               Applicable recovery period               
               10-year property               10 years                                 
               15-year property               15 years                                 
               20-year property               20 years                                 
               Section 168(e)(1) generally defines 10-year property as                 
          property having a class life of 16 years or more, but less than              
          20 years, 15-year property as property having a class life of 20             
          years or more, but less than 25 years, and 20-year property as               
          property having a class life of 25 or more years.  "Class life",             
          as defined by section 168(i)(1), is determined by reference to               
          former section 167(m), as in effect prior to its repeal by the               
          OBRA sec. 11812(a), 104 Stat. 1388-534.  Section 167(m) provided             
          for a depreciation allowance based upon the class life prescribed            
          by the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate.                            









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