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          any evidence in these records that substantiates petitioners’               
          claimed additional deductions.  Also, nothing in the record                 
          provides a basis for estimating the claimed deductions.  We shall           
          address each deduction claimed by petitioners, and petitioners’             
          alternative argument, which claims deductions based upon                    
          statistical data.                                                           
                    1.   Additional Wages                                             
               Respondent concedes that Sam Kong Fashions incurred                    
          additional cash wage expenses, but argues that petitioners failed           
          to provide enough specificity to estimate these additional                  
          expenses.  However, respondent does not dispute that cash                   
          payments of $10,000 in 1994 and 1995 were made to Bi Ling Wu, an            
          employee of Sam Kong Fashions.13  Respondent also does not                  
          dispute that another employee, Wan Zi Chen, was paid both in cash           
          and by check.  Wan Zi Chen received cash payments of $440 per               
          week, or $22,880 per year, in 1994 and 1995.14  We find that Sam            
          Kong Fashions is entitled to deduct these payments in addition to           

               13 Petitioners’ request for findings of fact states:  “Bi              
          Ling Wu was paid approximately $10,000 in 1994 and $10,000 in               
          1995 in cash.”  In response to this requested finding of fact,              
          respondent stated that he had “No objection.”                               
               14 Petitioners’ request for findings of fact states:  “In              
          1994 and 1995 Sam Kong or Sam Kong Fashions, Inc. paid Wan Zi               
          Chen, a manager, $2,400 a month, consisting of $160 in check and            
          $2,240 in cash.”  Respondent objected to this requested finding             
          of fact “because it is not supported by the record.  Respondent             
          proposes an alternative finding of fact that Ms. Zi Chen was paid           
          a total of $2,400.00 per month consisting of $160.00 per week by            
          check and $440.00 per week in cash.”                                        





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