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                              Petitioner caused The Activewear Company, Inc. (Activewear),                                                                                 
                    a corporation of which he was a 50-percent shareholder, to lend                                                                                        
                    money to an unrelated party, Randy Jackson (Jackson), to use in                                                                                        
                    Jackson's businesses.  Jackson did not fully repay the loans.                                                                                          
                    The issues for decision are:                                                                                                                           
                              1.        Whether the amounts Activewear lent, less the amounts                                                                              
                    Jackson repaid (a net of $318,000 for 1990 and $126,094 for                                                                                            
                    1991), were taxable to petitioner as constructive dividends from                                                                                       
                    Activewear.  We hold that they were not.                                                                                                               
                              2.        Whether the value of property Jackson provided to                                                                                  
                    petitioner as security was income to petitioner in 1990 and 1991.                                                                                      
                    We hold that it was not.                                                                                                                               
                              3.        Whether petitioner is liable for an addition to tax                                                                                
                    under section 6651(a)(1) for late filing of his 1990 Federal                                                                                           
                    income tax return.  We hold that he is.                                                                                                                
                              Section references are to the Internal Revenue Code in                                                                                       
                    effect in the years in issue.  Rule references are to the Tax                                                                                          
                    Court Rules of Practice and Procedure.                                                                                                                 
                                                                     FINDINGS OF FACT                                                                                      
                              Some of the facts are stipulated and are so found.                                                                                           
                    A.   Petitioner                                                                                                                                        
                              Petitioner lived in Athens, Georgia, when he filed the                                                                                       
                    petition in this case.                                                                                                                                 






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