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          See Staff of Joint Comm. on Taxation, General Explanation of the            
          Deficit Reduction Act of 1984, at 260 (J. Comm. Print 1984).                
               Rev. Proc. 92-29 provides a limited exception to section               
          461(h), and anything not specifically within the provisions of              
          Rev. Proc. 92-29 would generally be governed by the economic                
          performance rule of section 461(h).  Rules of statutory                     
          construction suggest that if a statute (or other authority)                 
          specifies exceptions to a statute’s general application, other              
          exceptions not explicitly mentioned should not be implied.  See             
          United States v. Lande, 968 F.2d 907, 910 (9th Cir. 1992).                  
               We conclude that under Rev. Proc. 92-29, VRI may not include           
          estimated interest expense in the calculation of estimated                  
          construction costs to be allocated to the bases in the lots VRI             
          sold in 1994.                                                               
               To reflect the foregoing,                                              
                                                  Decisions will be entered           
                                              under Rule 155.                         


















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