Mark Massingill and Indra Massingill - Page 2

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          After concessions, the issues remaining for our consideration               
          are:  (1) Whether, in 1990, petitioners were engaged in an                  
          activity for profit pursuant to section 183(a); and (2) whether             
          petitioners are liable for the addition to tax under 6651(a)(1)             
          for 1990.2                                                                  
                                  FINDINGS OF FACT                                    
               Some of the facts have been stipulated and are so found.               
          Petitioners resided in Modesto, California, at the time the                 
          petition in this case was filed.  Mark Massingill (petitioner) is           
          an individual proprietor who, at various times, has engaged in              
          engineering and metal mining and refining activities.  These                
          activities included, but were not limited to:  The engineering              
          and fabrication of industrial controls and laboratory                       
          instruments; recovering, refining, and selling mercury; testing             
          and examining mineral properties; and miscellaneous researching             
          and developing. The activity in question (metal mining and                  
          refining) does not involve the employment of individuals other              
          than petitioner.                                                            
               Petitioner developed his knowledge of the metal mining and             
          refining field from an interest that began in his childhood.  He            
          possessed a rock collection upon which he performed chemical                
          analyses of minerals and ore specimens.  Petitioner fabricated              
          his own chemicals such as nitric and hydrochloric acids in order            

               2 Respondent has conceded that the sec. 6662(a) penalty is             
          not applicable in this case.                                                




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