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            (1994) (as in effect on the date of the enactment of the Tax                               
            Reform Act of 1986, Pub. L. 99-514, sec. 1551(h)(3), 100 Stat.                             
            2085, 2753) (sec. 7430(c)(4)(A)(iii)).                                                     
                  Courts will not award litigation costs under section 7430(a)                         
            unless a prevailing party has exhausted the administrative                                 
            remedies available to such party with the IRS.  Sec. 7430(b)(1).                           
            Moreover, no award for reasonable administrative or litigation                             
            costs may be made with respect to any portion of the civil                                 
            proceeding during which a prevailing party has "unreasonably                               
            protracted" such proceeding.  Sec. 7430(b)(4).                                             
                  In the instant case, respondent agrees that petitioner has:                          
            (1) Substantially prevailed with respect to the amount in                                  
            controversy; (2) exhausted the administrative remedies available                           
            to it; (3) not unreasonably protracted the proceedings; and (4)                            
            shown that the net worth and number of employees requirements                              
            have been met.  Respondent contends, however, that her position                            
            was substantially justified so that petitioner is not a                                    
            prevailing party for purposes of section 7430.  In the                                     
            alternative, respondent argues the amount of administrative and                            
            litigation costs claimed by petitioner is unreasonable.                                    
                  Since petitioner's motion for costs was filed prior to the                           
            enactment of the Taxpayer Bill of Rights 2, Pub. L. 104-168, sec.                          
            701, 110 Stat. 1452, 1463 (1996), it bears the burden of proving                           
            that respondent's position in the proceedings was not                                      




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