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            petitioner's circumstances might appear, we concur with                                     
            respondent.                                                                                 
                  Generally, any gain on the sale of a personal residence must                          
            be recognized by the taxpayer.  Sec. 1001(c).  An exception to                              
            this rule, allowing for nonrecognition of such gain, is provided                            
            by section 1034.  Section 1034(a) provides that if the taxpayer                             
            sells his principal residence, and within a 24-month period                                 
            before or after the date of the sale, another property is                                   
            purchased and used by the taxpayer as a principal residence, gain                           
            from the sale will be recognized only to the extent that the                                
            taxpayer's adjusted sale's price of the old residence exceeds the                           
            taxpayer's cost of purchasing the new residence.  Sec. 1034(a).                             
                  When applying the time limitations to the provisions of                               
            section 1034(a), the courts have long adopted a very strict                                 
            approach.  The decisions consistently hold that the time limits                             
            of section 1034 are uniformly applicable and that the courts are                            
            without authority to waive or extend those statutory limitations                            
            to take account of circumstances that may have caused delay in                              
            purchasing a replacement residence.  Henry v. Commissioner, T.C.                            
            Memo. 1982-469; see Kern v. Granquist, 291 F.2d 29 (9th Cir.                                
            1961); Elam v. Commissioner, 58 T.C. 238 (1972), affd. per curiam                           
            477 F.2d 1333 (6th Cir. 1973); Chavez v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo.                           
            1983-199.  Extensions of the time limitations of section 1034(a)                            
            are available only when a specific statutory provision so                                   
            provides.  Moore v. Townsend, 577 F.2d 424, 428 n.7 (7th Cir.                               




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