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          None of those income tax returns contained any balance sheet                
          information.20  The lack of balance sheet information on                    
          subsequent Radtam Federal income tax returns suggests that Mr.              
          Collins did not have sufficient detail to prepare the balance               
          sheets and that a note payable to Mrs. Bacon never existed.                 
               The evidence does not support petitioners’ assertion that              
          Radtam owed Mrs. Bacon $319,109 in 1989, and we do not believe              



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               disregard of rules or to a substantial underpayment of                 
               income tax if the return position has a reasonable                     
               basis.  It can also be used for disclosures relating to                
               the preparer penalties for understatements due to                      
               unrealistic positions or disregard of rules.                           
               The description of the items disclosed in Part I, General              
          Information, of the form was the same for each year.  The                   
          description provided was as follows: Gross receipts, Cost of                
          Sales, Payroll and other Expenses.                                          
               The instructions for completing Part II of the form,                   
          Detailed Explanation, provide that a taxpayer’s disclosure must             
          include:                                                                    
               (1) A description of the relevant facts and the nature                 
               of the controversy affecting the tax treatment of the                  
               item, or                                                               
               (2) A concise description of the legal issues presented                
               by these facts.                                                        
               The detailed explanation provided on Radtam’s Federal income           
          tax returns for its fiscal years ending 1990, 1991, and 1992 was            
          the same for each year.  The explanation provided was as follows:           
          “Payroll, Sales and some expenses were established by other                 
          estimates and means.  Due to certain records which could not be             
          reconstructed or documented.”                                               
               20The Federal income tax returns for the fiscal years ending           
          June 30, 1993 and 1994, also did not contain any balance sheet              
          information.                                                                



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