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          Krause involved limited partnership investments related to and              
          similar to those in which petitioner herein invested and which              
          are at issue in this case.  See also Karlsson v. Commissioner,              
          T.C. Memo. 1997-432, and Vanderschraaf v. Commissioner, T.C.                
          Memo. 1997-306, which also involved partnership investments and             
          issues related to and similar to those in which petitioner herein           
          invested and which resolved the issues in a manner consistent               
          with Krause.                                                                
               Respondent determined a deficiency in petitioner’s Federal             
          income tax and additions to tax as follows:                                 

                                    Additions to Tax                                  
                                   Sec.           Sec.           Sec.                 
          Year      Deficiency     6653(a)(1)     6653(a)(2)     6661                 
          1982       $364,452       $18,223      *               $36,445              
               * 50 percent of interest due on portion of underpayment                
               attributable to negligence.                                            

               Unless otherwise indicated, all section references are to              
          the Internal Revenue Code, and all Rule references are to the Tax           
          Court Rules of Practice and Procedure.                                      
               Petitioner invested in Drake Oil Technology Partners                   
          (Drake), a Pennsylvania limited partnership that was part of a              
          group of tax-oriented limited partnerships with the stated                  
          general objective of, among other things, investing in enhanced             
          oil recovery (EOR) technology for the recovery of oil and natural           
          gas.                                                                        






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