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                    Item                         1997       1998                     
               Home mortgage interest        $7,791         $5,266                    
               Real property tax                  600       600                       
               DMV renewal fees                   39        39                        
               Petitioner, on the 1997 and 1998 Federal income tax returns,           
          claimed that he was entitled to report income and expenses on a             
          Schedule C because he was a “statutory employee” in accord with             
          Rev. Rul. 90-93, 1990-2 C.B. 33.  Petitioner reported gross                 
          receipts of $45,700 for 1997 and $42,940 for 1998 (the amounts              
          reflected on the Forms W-2) on Schedule C of each return.                   
          Petitioner, for 1997 and 1998, reduced gross receipts by $6,170             
          and $6,012, respectively, as cost of goods sold.  On each return,           
          petitioner claimed that the cost of goods sold was an inventory             
          adjustment for stale and promotional goods.                                 
               On the Schedules C for 1997 and 1998, petitioner claimed the           
          following deductions from gross income:                                     
                Claimed deduction            1997           1998                      
               Car and truck expense    $1,890         $2,295                         
               Legal and professional        800            750                       
               Insurance                     1,200          -0-                       
               Interest                      3,615          5,361                     
               Other                         703            1,788                     
          Respondent disallowed all of petitioner’s claimed Schedule C                
          deductions for lack of substantiation.                                      











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