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                        Basis         Weighted   Basis    Int'l Films                 
         Receivable     Int'l Films    Average     IRA    Writeoff                    
         Safari         $98,450       8.37    $42,495    $55,955                      
         CMB Cinema     70,650        6.01     30,513     40,137                      
         CMB Cinema II    16,675      1.42      7,209      9,466                      
         RWL Cinema     21,500        1.83      9,291     12,209                      
         RWL Cinema II    67,839      5.77     29,295     38,544                      
         HGA Cinema     133,695       11.37     57,726     75,969                     
         Elk Invest.    76,500        6.50     33,001     43,499                      
         Inter Alia     125,000       10.63     53,969     71,031                     
         Hargen         8,000         0.68      3,452      4,548                      
         HELO           180,800       15.37     78,035    102,765                     
         Ballard        196,684       16.72     84,889    111,795                     
         Lisle          28,284        2.40      12,185     16,099                     
         Abernathy      67,098        5.70      28,939     38,159                     
         CMB Cin. Vent.       250     0.02           102        148                   
         Holding Co.    29,500        2.51      12,743     16,757                     
         1984 Pship.    55,288        4.70       23,862     31,426                    
         Total          1,176,213     100       507,706    668,507                    
              IRA immediately sold the partnership interest in 1984                   
         Development, Ltd., for $1,000 and 10 of the notes (HELO, Safari, CMB         
         Cinema Trust, CMB Cinema Trust II, RWL Cinema Trust, RWL Cinema              
         Trust II, HGA Cinema Trust, Elk Investment Partnership, Inter Alia,          
         and Hargen) for $1 each to another Kanter entity, MAF, Inc. (MAF),40         
         and IRA claimed capital losses on the sale or exchange of such               
         notes.                                                                       
              As reflected by a memorandum dated July 17, 1987, Freeman               
         (IRA's president) and Gallenberger agreed that the loans IRA was             
         holding that had been made to Ballard and Lisle, individually, and           
         to their respective grantor trusts would be "forgiven".  IRA claimed         
         bad debt deductions with respect to the Ballard notes, the Lisle             

          40                                                                          
               MAF was a wholly owned subsidiary of Computer Placement                
          Services, Inc. (Computer Placement Services).                               





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