- 15 - the principal business activity of the partnerships as “ranching” and the principal product of the partnerships as registered sheep. The RCR tax returns included false or fraudulent depreciation deductions and credits attributable to nonexistent and overvalued sheep, interest deductions for illusory indebtedness, and false deductions for farm expenses and guaranteed payments. On Schedules F, Farm Income and Expenses, of the RCR tax returns, the partnerships reported the following false and fraudulent deductions pertaining to the purported ranching and registered sheep activities of the partnerships: RCR #2 Partnership Deductions 1987 Interest $40,195 Guaranteed payments 3,082 Total 43,277 RCR #3 Partnership Deductions 1987 1989 Depreciation $149,759 $5,063 Interest 27,607 29,041 Other farm deductions 40,875 19,861 Guaranteed payments 2,482 2,219 Total 220,723 56,184Page: Previous 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 NextLast modified: November 10, 2007