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          net losses from self-employment on Schedule C of $4,769 and                 
          $3,981, respectively.                                                       
               The only receipts that petitioner reported on Schedule C of            
          her 1992 income tax return were the settlement proceeds of her              
          auto accident personal injury claim and the settlement proceeds             
          of the State Farm class action lawsuit.  She lumped these                   
          together and reported the sum as subject to “exclusion under                
          section 104(a)(2) (see 8275)”.  On her 1992 income tax return,              
          petitioner reported her occupation as “Investor”.                           
               Petitioner earned no income from self-employment for the               
          1993, 1994, and 1995 tax years.  On her income tax returns for              
          these years, petitioner reported her occupation as “Investor”.              
               On the Schedule C to her 1996 income tax return, petitioner            
          reported a $5,364 net loss from self-employment; she reported her           
          occupation as “Investor”.                                                   
               At no time did petitioner perform services for State Farm.             
          Petitioner did not work in the insurance industry after 1977.               
          Petitioner did not claim any deduction for contributions to a               
          pension plan on her income tax return for the 1992 tax year.                
               In her petition, filed with this Court on July 7, 1998,                
          petitioner raised the issue of the deductibility of her pension             
          plan contributions for the first time.  In her petition,                    
          petitioner claimed a deduction for her 1992 tax year for $91,094            
          in total contributions to the TJM Pension Plan.  The $91,094 in             





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