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                                        2000           2001                           
               Cost of goods sold1     $2,100          -0-                            
               Deductions                                                             
          Car                      7,634          $10,284                             
               Insurance                33             33                             
               Legal                    -0-            772                            
               Supplies                 626       1,001                               
               Utilities                763            900                            
               Publications        100                 100                            
               Postage                  154            71                             
               Training, etc.           244            614                            
               Advertising2             82             -0-                            
               1 Claimed with respect to Galaxy.                                      
               2 Claimed with respect to Galaxy.                                      
          These deductions are based on the assumption that petitioner                
          operated a trade or business of being a housing hearing officer             
          for the county under CSCI.  During the trial, the parties agreed            
          that Galaxy was a conduit; the income should not have been                  
          reported, and the deductions claimed, other than those stated for           
          the year 2000 and the amounts paid to petitioner’s mother, were             
          not allowable.                                                              
                                     Discussion                                       
          A. Deductions                                                               
               Section 162 allows a deduction for “all the ordinary and               
          necessary expenses paid * * * during the taxable year in carrying           
          on any trade or business”.  Similarly, section 212 allows                   
          deductions for ordinary and necessary expenses incurred “for the            
          production or collection of income.” On the other hand, “no                 





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