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          and adopts the Opinion of the Special Trial Judge, which is set             
          forth below.                                                                
                         OPINION OF THE SPECIAL TRIAL JUDGE                           
               ARMEN, Special Trial Judge:  This case is before the Court             
          on (1) Respondent's Motion To Dismiss For Failure To State A                
          Claim Upon Which Relief Can Be Granted, as supplemented, filed              
          pursuant to Rule 40; (2) petitioner's Motion To Shift Burden Of             
          Proof To Respondent; and (3) petitioner's Motion To "Quash The              
          Going Forward With The Evidence".                                           
               Petitioner resided in Chesterton, Indiana, at the time that            
          the petition was filed in this case.                                        
          Respondent's Notice of Deficiency                                           
               Respondent issued a notice of deficiency to petitioner dated           
          July 12, 1995.  In said notice, respondent determined the                   
          following deficiencies in petitioner's Federal income taxes and             
          additions to tax:                                                           
                   Additions to tax                                                   
          Year     Deficiency     Sec. 6651(a)(1)     Sec. 6654(a)                    
          1991      $19,1111                 $4,028              $1,098               
          1992       12,037             3,009                524                      
          1993        3,223               611                100                      
          1    The determination of a statutory deficiency does not take              
          into account certain payments and credits, such as payment on               
          account of estimated tax.  See sec. 6211(b)(1); see also infra              
          note 2.                                                                     
               The deficiencies in income taxes, which include self-                  
          employment taxes for 1991 and 1992, are based on respondent's               






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