- 5 - Dividends in Stock Under Dividend Reinvestment Programs Prior to the years at issue, petitioners enrolled in the respective dividend reinvestment programs of various companies in which they owned shares of stock. Pursuant to those programs, petitioners elected to receive dividends on those shares in stock, rather than in cash. Pursuant to those elections, peti- tioners received dividends in the amounts of $8,324.76, $8,123.74, and $8,759.81 during 1992, 1993, and 1994, respec- tively, that were paid in stock. They reported those respective amounts as dividend income in their returns for those years. Schedule C Income and Expenses Claimed by Petitioners Schedule C Income Claimed by Petitioners Around 1980, Mr. Hawthorne sold a motel and reported no gain from that sale. Pursuant to the terms of the real estate con- tract relating to that sale, Mr. Hawthorne received $1,957.68 in interest income during 1992. Petitioners reported that income in Schedule C of their 1992 return. Petitioners did not report any other income in that Schedule C or in the Schedules C of their 1993 and 1994 returns. Schedule C Expenses Claimed by Petitioners Mr. Hawthorne owned one or more real properties (properties) in different locations throughout the United States, including Cape Coral, Florida; Pagosa Springs, Colorado; and Elephant Butte, Santa Fe, and Albuquerque, New Mexico. Mr. Hawthorne and petitioner Donelle C. Hawthorne (Ms. Hawthorne) owned one prop- erty in Cape Coral, Florida, as community property. At leastPage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Next
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