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                                            1990                    1991              
                                                                                     
             Gross receipts or sales        $1,264,701            $2,849,451          
             Cost of goods sold             1,123,852             2,661,781           
             Gross profit                   140,849               182,670             
             Salaries and wages     $6,604              $10,638                       
             Guaranteed payments                                                      
             to partners            30,000              30,000                        
             Rent                   2,652               6,000                         
             Interest               18,257              16,721                        
             Taxes                  1,132               1,629                         
             Repairs                1,619               3,692                         
             Depreciation           1,079               1,186                         
             Other deductions       32,302              65,851                        
             Total deductions                  93,644             135,717             
             Ordinary income (loss)         47,205                46,953              

                  Mr. Dawson, the partnership's accountant, computed the              
             gross receipts of the partnership for Federal income tax                 
             purposes based on the aggregate deposits made to Beaufort                
             Leaf's bank account, less certain deposits identified as                 
             repayments of loans or cash advances.  Mr. Dawson computed               
             Beaufort Leaf's cost of goods sold for 1990 and 1991 based               
             on canceled checks and some accounting adjustments.  His                 
             computation of the cost of goods for each year is as                     
             follows:                                                                 
                                                1990           1991                   
             Inventory at beginning of year  $199,602        $132,914                 
             Purchases                       1,057,163       2,713,562                
             Other costs (wholesale commissions)-0-             47,429                   
             Total                           1,256,765       2,893,905                
             Inventory at end of year       132,914          227,124                  
             Cost of goods sold              1,123,851       2,666,781                







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