Edith Hunter Hornberger, et al. - Page 13




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          Notices of Deficiency                                                       
               Separate notices of deficiency were mailed to petitioner, the          
          trust, and the estate.  The “Explanation of Items” attached to each         
          of the notices stated:                                                      
                        Recovery of Prior Deduction                                  
                                             Per return     $   -0-                   
          As Corrected   2,290,469                                                    
          Adjustment     2,290,469                                                    
               Since you, and/or pass-through entities of which you are               
               beneficiary, recovered an amount deducted in a prior                   
               year, we included it in your income.  Under the tax-                   
               benefit rule and pursuant to the duty of consistency,                  
               this amount is income to you.  In accordance with                      
               Internal Revenue Code section 61 income from whatever                  
               source is taxable.                                                     

                        Interest Income from IRS                                     
          Per return  $2,866,927                                                      
          As Corrected 2,908,823                                                      
          Adjustment      41,896                                                      
               Since you, and/or pass-through entities of which you are               
               a beneficiary, received interest income on a refund from               
               the Internal Revenue Service, we have included the amount              
               shown in your income.                                                  
          Each notice also determined a section 6651(a) addition to tax.              
                              ULTIMATE FINDINGS OF FACT                               
               1.   In 1992, petitioner received a refund of $2,290,469 in            
          interest that she had deducted as interest expense on her 1988              
          amended return.                                                             
               2.   Petitioner had reasonable cause for the late filing of            
          her 1992 Federal income tax return.                                         






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