Ragnhild A. Westby - Page 57

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               Petitioner paid wages and provided employee benefits in the            
          amounts deducted in each of the years at issue as shown on the              
          chart at page 79 of this opinion.                                           
                         m.  Car and Truck                                            
               For the years at issue, petitioner claimed deductions for              
          car and truck expenses paid in connection with her law practice             
          as follows:                                                                 
                         Year                Amount                                   
                         1987                $6,672                                   
                         1988                8,807                                    
                         1989                5,354                                    
                         1990                110,399                                  
               1This amount includes car lease payments of $7,159 claimed             
          as rent.                                                                    
               Mr. Aunan’s workpapers reveal that the following items of              
          car and truck expenses were taken into account in calculating the           
          deductions for the years at issue:                                          
               Year      Car lease      Repairs         Gas        Total              
               1987      $3,634         $1,647         $76                            
                         1,398          300            54        $7,109               
               1988      6,228          631            2,689     9,548                
               1989      5,190                         519                            
                                                       71                             
                                                       3         5,783                
               1990      8,076          1,424          517                            
                                        601            33                             
                                        877                      11,528               








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