Ragnhild A. Westby - Page 40

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               (b) During 1988, petitioner paid fees to other professionals           
          of $7,145.55 and printer expenses of $2,277.63, for a total                 
          expenditure of $9,423.18 (Ex. 39-R, lines 67-100, 680-692).                 
               (c) During 1989, petitioner paid fees to other professionals           
          in the aggregate amount of $6,140.18 (Ex. 40-R, lines 91-119).              
               (d) During 1990, petitioner paid fees to other professionals           
          in the aggregate amount of $28,533.59.  After reducing the amount           
          paid by the $15,000 payment to Mr. Van Valkenburg, the total                
          expenditure documented by petitioner was $13,533.59 (Ex. 41-R,              
          lines 538-585).                                                             
               Petitioner is entitled to deduct legal and professional fees           
          in each of the years at issue in the amounts summarized above and           
          set forth in the chart at page 79 of this opinion.                          
                         e.  Process Services                                         
               For the years at issue, petitioner claimed deductions for              
          process services obtained as part of her law practice as follows:           
                         Year                Amount                                   
                         1987                $2,482                                   
                         1988                2,495                                    
                         1989                915                                      
                         1990                1,822                                    
               Mr. Aunan’s workpapers reveal that the following entries               
          comprised the deducted amounts:                                             
               (a) For 1987, a cumulative amount of $2,482;                           
               (b) for 1988, amounts of $2,373 and $122, for a total amount           
          deducted of $2,495;                                                         





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