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               Expenses:                                                              
                    Car and truck expenses   $ 2,224.23                               
                    Insurance                613.73                                   
                    Legal & professional     468.54                                   
                    Office expense           125.10                                   
                    Rent or lease (other)    6,595.00                                 
                    Supplies                 441.11                                   
                    Travel                   4,044.61                                 
                    Meals & Entertainment1   2,453.16                                 
                    Utilities                665.19                                   
                    Other expenses2          2,106.53                                 
                    Total expenses           $19,737.20                               
               Net loss                 ($15,448.20)                                  

               1 Fifty percent of $4,906.31 expenses.                                 
               2 Consisted of expenses for dues & publications,                       
               lodging, miscellaneous, parking, security, shipping &                  
               postage, and telephone.                                                

               In the notice of deficiency, respondent made the following             
          adjustments to petitioners’ income and expenses for each of the             
          years at issue:                                                             

               Adjustments            1994           1995          1996               
               Schedule C exp.    1$55,766.06   2$38,722.93    3$19,737.20            
               Unreported income        -0-       26,335.72           -0-             
               One-half SE tax     (101.63)       (1,913.18)     (303.01)             
               Total adjustments $55,664.43    $63,145.47     $19,434.19              
               1 In the explanation of items, the disallowed deductions               
               totaled $55,766.96; however, in the statement of income tax            
               changes the adjustment to income was $55,766.06.  The record           
               does not contain an explanation for this 90-cent                       
               discrepancy.  For 1994, $2,810.25 of the deductions claimed            
               on Schedule C were allowed and the $55,766.06 total                    
               adjustments shown above for 1994 include $30,634.35 claimed            
               by petitioner for Los Angeles expenses that he listed on               
               Schedule C as cost of goods sold.                                      





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