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          tanning lotions; Club Tan for its tanning salon services; and               
          Universal Graphics for its advertising, marketing, and printing             
          activities.                                                                 
          B.   Incorporation of Petitioner                                            
               On June 1, 1995, VVI incorporated petitioner and elected an            
          FYE May 31.  On June 1, 1995, VVI also transferred $487 in cash             
          along with the printing equipment used by Universal Graphics, an            
          automobile, and fixtures with a total fair market value of                  
          $53,555 in exchange for all issued shares of petitioner’s stock.            
          The shares of stock were transferred to Mr. Reeves in a section             
          355 reorganization resulting in VVI and petitioner becoming                 
          brother-sister corporations.3                                               
               Mr. Reeves was petitioner’s president, secretary, treasurer,           
          sole shareholder, and sole manager.                                         
          C.   Petitioner’s Services                                                  
               In June 1995, at the beginning of petitioner’s FYE May 31,             
          1996, VVI entered into an agreement with petitioner, in which               
          petitioner agreed to brand, market, and advertise skin care and             
          tanning products sold by VVI for $1 million.  Petitioner’s only             
          other customer was its sister corporation Club Tan Centers of               
          Oregon, Inc., of which Mr. Reeves was the sole owner and                    


               3 Additionally, in December 1994 VVI incorporated Club Tan             
          Centers of Oregon, Inc. (CTC), transferred the assets used by               
          Club Tan to CTC in exchange for all issued shares of CTC’s                  
          stock, and the shares of stock were transferred to Mr. Reeves in            
          a sec. 355 reorganization.                                                  





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