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          a bond or note suggests that it is debt.  See Estate of Mixon v.            
          United States, supra at 403.  Cabana Boy issued stock                       
          certificates to petitioners as consideration for the motion                 
          picture rights.  However, there are no signed notes or loan                 
          agreements relating to the remaining $2,011,701.20 in advances              
          petitioners claim to have made.  Tyler testified that there were            
          loan documents, but none were offered into evidence.  Petitioners           
          contend that they intended their advances to be governed by the             
          terms of the sample note.  We disagree.  We do not consider the             
          sample note because it was unsigned.  This factor is neutral.               
               2.   Interest Payments                                                 
               Making an advance without charging interest suggests that              
          the advance is not a loan.  See National Carbide Corp. v.                   
          Commissioner, 336 U.S. 422, 435 n.16 (1949); Estate of Mixon v.             
          United States, supra at 409.  There is no evidence that                     
          petitioners charged or received interest from Cabana Boy.  This             
          factor favors respondent.                                                   
               3.   Fixed Maturity Date or Repayment Schedule                         
               The absence of a fixed maturity date or repayment schedule             
          suggests that advances are equity.  See Estate of Mixon v. United           
          States, supra at 404; American Offshore, Inc. v. Commissioner, 97           
          T.C. 579, 602 (1991).  Petitioners contend that the repayments              
          were to be made on demand because the unsigned sample note so               
          stated.  We disagree.  We are not convinced that the sample note            






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