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          was used to enter billing information into petitioner's billing             
          system.  Billing information for regular customers and shippers             
          who shipped parcels from petitioner's customer counters was                 
          entered into petitioner's computer system regularly by each                 
          district, and petitioner billed its regular customers weekly.               
          The bills sent to petitioner's regular shippers reflected all               
          amounts to be collected from those shippers.  Included, and                 
          itemized separately, on those bills were the EVC's and other                
          miscellaneous charges.  All amounts collected from shippers by              
          petitioner, including amounts for EVC's, were deposited into                
          petitioner's bank accounts.                                                 
               For the taxable year ended December 31, 1983, EVC's billed             
          and/or collected from shippers were included in petitioner's                
          reported income for tax, financial accounting, ICC, State                   
          regulatory, and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)                    
          reporting purposes.                                                         
                         b.   Claims                                                  
               Shippers' claims were governed by the tariffs submitted by             
          petitioner to the ICC and the various States.  Petitioner's                 


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               which is a reasonable value under the circumstances                    
               surrounding the transportation.  The entry of a C.O.D.                 
               amount is not a declaration of value.  In addition, the                
               maximum value for an air service package is $5,000 and                 
               the maximum carrier liability is $5,000.  Claims not                   
               made to carrier within 9 months of shipment date are                   
               waived. * * *                                                          




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