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               Rhett and Alice attached Form 8283 to their 2000 return and            
          in section B, part I, Information on Donated Property, described            
          the donated property as “2.2851% Units Interest Zerubbabel Ltd”,            
          stating that it had an appraised fair market value of $100,000.             
          The Declaration of Appraiser was signed by Mr. Kramer and                   
          contains the statement that the appraisal date was September 1,             
          1999.  No appraisal was attached to Rhett and Alice’s 2000                  
          return, and no appraisal dated September 1, 1999, was provided to           
          respondent or the Court.  No signature appeared in the Donee                
          Acknowledgment portion, part IV, of the first section B attached            
          to the return.  A second section B was also attached to the 2000            
          return bearing the Donee Acknowledgment signature of Valerie                
          Cornelius on behalf of CCF.  Also attached to the 2000 return was           
          an acknowledgment of the contribution from CCF, dated January 31,           
          2001, which included the statement “No goods and services were              
          provided for this donation.”                                                
               Rhett and Alice attached two Forms 8283, section B to their            
          2001 return and, in each, described the donated property as                 
          “13.674% Units (Beneco Stock) Zerrubbable Ltd” with a stated                
          value of $290,000.  The signature line of the Declaration of                
          Appraiser was blank on one of the forms.  The other had the                 
          handwritten notation “see attached 11/19/01 report Frank E. Koehl           
          Jr” with a typewritten address in Princeton, New Jersey, and a              
          typewritten appraisal date of November 19, 2001.  Mr. Kramer made           
          the handwritten notation “see attached 11/19/01 report Frank E.             





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