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               The issues for decision are:  (1) Whether petitioners                  
          underreported gross income in the amount of $4,398; (2) whether             
          petitioners are entitled to deduct $38,271 for expenses, which              
          they claimed on Schedule C, for a business known as the                     
          Registry;2 (3) whether petitioners are entitled to deduct $8,951            
          for expenses, which they claimed on Schedule C, for a business              
          known as Express Network Technologies (ENT); and (4) whether                
          petitioners are liable for the addition to tax pursuant to                  
          section 6651(a)(1).3                                                        
               Some of the facts have been stipulated and are so found.               
          The stipulation of facts and attached exhibits are incorporated             
          herein by this reference.  At the time the petition was filed,              
          petitioners resided in Scottsdale, Arizona.  During the year in             
          issue, petitioners were married, and they filed a joint return              
          for that year.                                                              
               For convenience, we will combine our findings of fact and              
          opinion with respect to each of the issues presented.                       
          Respondent's determination is presumed correct, and petitioners             

          1(...continued)                                                             
          all Rule references are to the Tax Court Rules of Practice and              
          Procedure.                                                                  
          2Respondent's notice of deficiency disallowed $43,820.                      
          Respondent concedes that $5,549 in claimed education expenses was           
          erroneously disallowed twice.                                               
          3Respondent also determined that petitioners had overstated                 
          their income by the amount of $16,830 on their Schedule C for a             
          business known as Fiduciary Administrative Services Trust (FAST).           
          Petitioners do not contest this adjustment.                                 




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