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          section 7443A(b)(4) and Rules 180, 181, and 183.1  The Court                
          agrees with and adopts the opinion of the Special Trial Judge,              
          which is set forth below.                                                   
                         OPINION OF THE SPECIAL TRIAL JUDGE                           
               WOLFE, Special Trial Judge:  These cases are part of the               
          Plastics Recycling group of cases.  For a detailed discussion of            
          the transactions involved in the Plastics Recycling cases, see              
          Provizer v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 1992-177, affd. without                
          published opinion 996 F.2d 1216 (6th Cir. 1993).  The facts of              
          the underlying transaction in these cases are substantially                 
          identical to those in the Provizer case.                                    
               In a notice of deficiency dated April 13, 1985, respondent             
          determined a deficiency in the 1981 joint Federal income tax of             
          petitioners Pace in the amount of $52,211.  Respondent also                 
          determined that interest on deficiencies accruing after December            
          31, 1984, should be calculated at 120 percent of the statutory              
          rate under section 6621(c).2  On January 10, 1994, respondent               

          1                                                                           
               All section references are to the Internal Revenue Code, in            
          effect for the year in issue, unless otherwise indicated.  All              
          Rule references are to the Tax Court Rules of Practice and                  
          Procedure.                                                                  
          2                                                                           
               The notice of deficiency refers to sec. 6621(d).  This                 
          section was redesignated as sec. 6621(c) by sec. 1511(c)(1)(A) of           
          the Tax Reform Act of 1986, Pub. L. 99-514, 100 Stat. 2085, 2744            
          and repealed by sec. 7721(b) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation           
          Act of 1989 (OBRA 89), Pub. L. 101-239, 103 Stat. 2106, 2399,               
          effective for tax returns due after Dec. 31, 1989, OBRA 89 sec.             
          7721(d), 103 Stat. 2400.  The repeal does not affect the instant            
          case.  For simplicity, we will refer to this section as sec.                
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