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          the taxpayer maintains two homes for personal reasons.  Sec. 262;           
          Commissioner v. Flowers, supra at 474.                                      
               A taxpayer may deduct the expenses he or she incurred while            
          away from home.  Sec. 162(a)(2).  The word “home” for purposes of           
          section 162(a)(2) has a special meaning.  It generally refers to            
          the area of a taxpayer’s principal place of employment, not the             
          taxpayer’s personal residence.  Daly v. Commissioner, 72 T.C.               
          190, 195 (1979), affd. 662 F.2d 253 (4th Cir. 1981); Kroll v.               
          Commissioner, supra at 561-562.                                             
               There is an exception to the general rule that a taxpayer’s            
          tax home is his or her principal place of employment.  Peurifoy             
          v. Commissioner, 358 U.S. 59, 60 (1958).  The taxpayer’s tax home           
          may be the taxpayer’s personal residence if the taxpayer’s                  
          employment away from home is temporary.  Id.; Mitchell v.                   
          Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 1999-283.  On the other hand, the                  
          exception does not apply and the taxpayer’s tax home remains the            
          principal place of employment if the employment away from home is           
          indefinite.  Kroll v. Commissioner, supra at 562.  A taxpayer is            
          not temporarily away from home during any period of employment if           
          the employment lasts longer than a year.  Sec. 162(a).                      
               It is presumed that a taxpayer will generally choose to live           
          near his or her place of employment.  Frederick v. United States,           
          603 F.2d 1292, 1295 (8th Cir. 1979).  A taxpayer must, however,             
          have a principal place of employment and accept temporary work in           







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