Eric B. Benson, et al. - Page 23

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              Items of omitted                   Amounts omitted                     
            gross income                          by the Bensons                      
               Payments from ERG to NPI                $483,098                       
               Check ref: Carroll                      96,749                         
               Automobile expenses                     10,624                         
               Life insurance                          2,404                          
               ERG payment related to                  29,400                         
              Lowell plant                                                           
               Director’s fees                         6,000                          
               Franklin dividends                           193                       
               Royalty income (1099)                        709                       
               Reverse royalty income                  1(165,481)                     
              recharacterized as                                                     
              constructive dividends                                                 
               Reverse NPI rental income               1(19,610)                      
              recharacterized as                                                     
              constructive dividends                                                 
               Total                               444,086                            
               1 This amount represents a negative number.                            
                    2.   Reported Gross Income                                        
               The parties agree that the Bensons reported gross income of            
          $535,041, which consists of:  (1) Wages of $103,372; (2) interest           
          income of $2,505; (3) rental income totaling $24,950; (4) royalty           
          income totaling $166,872; (5) other income from NPI of $100,000;            
          and (6) income from the Evelyn C. Hermsmeir partnership of                  
          $137,342.13  Additionally, respondent concedes that the Bensons             
          reported income of $625 from the Baden Spiel Haus partnership.              




               13 The Bensons assert that their 1989 return reported income           
          of $137,341 from the Evelyn C. Hermsmeir partnership.  Respondent           
          argues that the Bensons reported $137,342 on their return from              
          the Evelyn C. Hermsmeir partnership.  We will calculate the                 
          Bensons’ reported gross income using respondent’s figure, as it             
          is more favorable to the Bensons than their own calculation.                





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