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               Sue Taylor, pro se.                                                    
               Cameron M. McKesson, for respondent.                                   

                       MEMORANDUM FINDINGS OF FACT AND OPINION                        

               WHERRY, Judge:  Respondent determined Federal income tax               
          deficiencies in the amounts of $49,525 and $39,717 together with            
          penalties pursuant to section 6662(a) in the amounts of $9,905              
          and $7,943.40 for taxable years 1999 and 2000, respectively.1               
          After concessions,2 the issues for decision are:                            

               1 Unless otherwise indicated, all section references are to            
          the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and in effect for             
          the years in issue, and all Rule references are to the Tax Court            
          Rules of Practice and Procedure.                                            
               2 Respondent conceded petitioner’s allegedly unreported                
          income derived from National Land Bank LLC (National Land Bank)             
          in the amount of $43,862 for 1999 because respondent determined             
          that a tax return was filed for National Land Bank.  However,               
          there was a mathematical subtraction error on National Land                 
          Bank’s Form 1065, U.S. Partnership Return of Income, for 1999.              
          Instead of reporting $10,308 in income, National Land Bank                  
          reported a $10,308 loss.  Petitioner’s Form 1040, U.S. Individual           
          Income Tax Return, Schedule E, Supplemental Income and Loss,                
          consistent with the erroneous Form 1065, Schedule K-1 (Form                 
          1065), Partner’s Share of Income, Credits, Deductions, Etc.,                
          reported her 50-percent alleged distributive share loss of                  
          $5,154.  The notice of deficiency for 1999 eliminated the $5,154            
          loss but, because of the claimed $43,862 income adjustment, did             
          not contain an adjustment to properly reflect her mathematically            
          corrected share of reported National Land Bank income.                      
          Furthermore, as discussed infra in text, the Court finds that               
          petitioner is taxable in 1999 and 2000 on the income of Speck               
          Trust, the other 50-percent member of National Land Bank.                   
          Therefore, petitioner has a total of $10,308 (her 50-percent                
          $5,154 share plus Speck Trust’s 50-percent $5,154 share) of                 
          additional income for 1999 from National Land Bank in lieu of the           
          conceded $43,862.                                                           
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