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          to petitioners’ children.6  Also during 1999, Wright & Associates           
          issued checks totaling $5,510 to Consultation & Mediation.                  
               During 2000, Wright & Associates transferred to petitioners            
          amounts totaling $32,075 either by check or transfer to                     
          petitioners’ personal bank account.  Of the total amount                    
          transferred to petitioners, $29,405 constituted personal                    
          distributions.  Wright & Associates also issued checks to                   
          petitioners’ children totaling $14,715, and to Consultation &               
          Mediation totaling $1,250.                                                  
               During 2001, Wright & Associates distributed to Mr. Wright             
          $87,864.64.  In addition, for each of the years in issue, Wright            
          & Associates paid for petitioners’ health insurance.  The                   
          premiums for this insurance for 1999, 2000, and 2001, were                  
          $5,287, $6,625, and $9,208, respectively, for which petitioners             
          claimed a 60-percent deduction.                                             
               D. Offshore Banking, Investments, and Transactions                     
               During the years in issue, petitioners maintained an                   
          offshore bank account and credit card.  The offshore bank account           
          was at Leadenhall Trust Company, Ltd. (Leadenhall), in the                  
          Bahamas.  Leadenhall issued petitioners a Mastercard credit                 
          card.7  In addition, Mr. Wright made offshore investments for               

               6Petitioners’ children paid back $916 to Wright &                      
          Associates.                                                                 
               7The Mastercard credit card issue by Leadenhall operated               
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