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On March 4, 1998, petitioner filed with the Internal Revenue
Service Form 2848, Power of Attorney and Declaration of Represen-
tative. That form, which pertained to petitioner’s taxable years
1994, 1995, and 1996, was signed by James R. Slagle (Mr. Slagle)
as trustee and by Russell W. Buchanan (Mr. Buchanan) as trustee.
Attached to the Form 2848 filed by petitioner were two Forms 56,
Notice Concerning Fiduciary Relationship, and two documents
entitled “ACCEPTANCE OF THE TRUST BY THE TRUSTEE”. One of those
Forms 56 identified Russell W. Buchanan as the fiduciary for
petitioner and was signed by him as trustee. The other Form 56
identified James R. Slagle as the fiduciary for petitioner and
was signed by him as trustee.
One of the two documents entitled “ACCEPTANCE OF THE TRUST
BY THE TRUSTEE” that were attached to the Form 2848 filed by
petitioner with respect to its taxable years 1994, 1995, and 1996
stated in pertinent part:
I/WE, DENNIS H. LAWRENCE & MELISSA R. LAWRENCE, the
Creator(s) of BULL HOLDINGS, A TRUST, do hereby select
and appoint JAMES R. SLAGLE * * * as the trustee on the
1st day of January , 19 94 .
* * * * * * *
I, JAMES R. SLAGLE, * * * do hereby accept the
position as a trustee of BULL HOLDINGS, A TRUST, * * *.
The foregoing document contains signatures that purport to be the
signatures of Dennis H. Lawrence, Melissa R. Lawrence, and James
R. Slagle.
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