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                       MEMORANDUM FINDINGS OF FACT AND OPINION                        

               WHERRY, Judge:  Respondent determined a Federal income tax             
          deficiency for petitioner’s 1997 taxable year in the amount of              
          $13,504 and additions to tax pursuant to section 6651(a)(1) and             
          (2) of $2,506.27 and $2,784.75, respectively, and pursuant to               
          section 6654 of $585.91.1  After concessions,2 the issues for               
          decision are:                                                               
               (1) Whether petitioner is liable for a deficiency in the               
          amount of $13,504 for the 1997 taxable year; and                            
               (2) whether petitioner is liable for additions to tax under            
          sections 6651(a)(1) and 6654.                                               
                                  FINDINGS OF FACT                                    
               Some of the facts have been stipulated and are so found.               
          The stipulations of the parties, with accompanying exhibits, are            
          incorporated herein by this reference.  At the time this petition           
          was filed, petitioner resided in Reading, Pennsylvania.                     
          Petitioner was married as of December 31, 1997.                             




               1 Unless otherwise indicated, all section references are to            
          the Internal Revenue Code (Code) in effect for the year in issue,           
          and all Rule references are to the Tax Court Rules of Practice              
          and Procedure.                                                              
               2 By answer, respondent conceded the sec. 6651(a)(2) penalty           
          and sought a correlative increase of $278.48 in the sec.                    
          6651(a)(1) addition to tax, on grounds that the limitations                 
          contained in sec. 6651(c)(1) no longer applied.                             





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