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          adequate records or the taxpayer's own detailed statement that is           
          corroborated by sufficient evidence.  Section 274(d) also applies           
          to listed property, which includes any passenger automobile.                
          Secs. 274(d)(4), 280F(d)(4)(A)(i).  At a minimum, the taxpayer              
          must substantiate:  (1) The amount of the expense, (2) the time             
          and place such expense was incurred, (3) the business purpose of            
          the expense, and (4) the business relationship to the taxpayer of           
          persons entertained.  Sec. 274(d).                                          
               The regulations further clarify the stringent substantiation           
          requirements of section 274.  A taxpayer generally must                     
          substantiate each expenditure by producing (1) adequate records             
          or (2) sufficient evidence to corroborate his or her own                    
          statement.  Sec. 1.274-5T(c)(1), Temporary Income Tax Regs., 50             
          Fed. Reg. 46016-46017 (Nov. 6, 1985).  The "adequate records"               
          standard requires that a taxpayer maintain an account book,                 


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               or by sufficient evidence corroborating the taxpayer's                 
               own statement (A) the amount of such expense or other                  
               item, (B) the time and place of the travel,                            
               entertainment, amusement, recreation, or use of the                    
               facility or property, or the date and description of                   
               the gift, (C) the business purpose of the expense or                   
               other item, and (D) the business relationship to the                   
               taxpayer of persons entertained, using the facility or                 
               property, or receiving the gift.  The Secretary may by                 
               regulations provide that some or all of the                            
               requirements of the preceding sentence shall not apply                 
               in the case of an expense which does not exceed an                     
               amount prescribed pursuant to such regulations.  This                  
               subsection shall not apply to any qualified nonpersonal                
               use vehicle (as defined in subsection (i)).                            




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