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          Petitioner’s annual FOCUS reports differed from its tax returns             
          in that petitioner’s revenue and earnings for purposes of the               
          former were computed by marking to market all securities                    
          petitioner then held, including those held for investment.  Cf.             
          sec. 475(b)(1)(A).                                                          
               On its 1992 through 1999 Federal income tax returns,                   
          petitioner reported gross income, total deductions, taxable                 
          income or loss, retained earnings, and retained earnings and                
          capital stock as follows:                                                   
                                                            Retained                  
                                       Taxable             Earnings                  
          FYE       Gross         Total         Income     Retained     and Capital   
          May 31    Income      Deductions     (Loss)     EarningsStock                
          1992    $13,507,518   $11,776,469   $1,731,049   $10,097,005   $11,570,519  
          1993     11,708,935    11,740,630      (31,695)    9,130,437    10,512,068  
          1994     14,124,390    13,738,343      386,048     8,943,389    10,295,362  
          1995     13,733,608    13,607,047      126,560     9,479,267    10,789,667  
          1996     13,894,468    13,880,601       13,867     8,991,933    10,269,234  
          1997      9,044,532     9,161,872     (117,340)    8,871,568    10,148,869  
          1998     14,232,286    14,003,689      228,597     8,744,865    10,001,047  
          1999      7,673,379     7,264,787      406,592     8,392,760     9,633,942  
               On its annual FOCUS reports for its 1992 through 1999 fiscal           
          years, petitioner reported revenue, expenses, earnings before               
          Federal income tax (EBFIT), retained earnings, and retained                 
          earnings and capital stock as follows:                                      
                                                                 Retained             
                                                                 Earnings             
          FYE                                          Retained  and Capital          
          May 31      Revenue      Expenses    EBFIT    Earnings     Stock            
          1992      $15,466,673    $11,544,567   $3,922,106  $21,336,807  $22,810,321 
          1993      17,834,269     11,660,585    6,173,684   26,923,441   28,305,072  
          1994      11,738,296     13,649,167   (1,910,871)  24,821,032   26,173,006  
          1995      20,028,281     13,623,510    6,404,771   31,870,981   33,181,381  
          1996      26,768,427     13,840,558   12,927,869   44,546,634   45,823,935  
          1997       4,730,016      9,025,627   (4,295,611)  40,248,943   41,526,244  
          1998      16,843,524     13,931,893    2,911,631   42,859,076   44,115,258  
          1999      (8,513,310)     7,255,075  (15,768,385)  26,949,031   28,190,213  




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