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          the collection of taxes.  Stoltzfus v. United States, supra;                
          Marcus v. Commissioner, 70 T.C. 562, 577 (1978), affd. without              
          published opinion 621 F.2d 439 (5th Cir. 1980).                             
               Fraud is never imputed or presumed, and courts should not              
          sustain findings of fraud upon circumstances that at most create            
          only suspicion.  Olinger v. Commissioner, 234 F.2d 823, 824 (5th            
          Cir. 1956), affg. in part and revg. in part T.C. Memo. 1955-9;              
          Davis v. Commissioner, 184 F.2d 86, 87 (10th Cir. 1950); Green v.           
          Commissioner, 66 T.C. 538, 550 (1976).  Mere suspicion does not             
          prove fraud, and the fact that the Court does not find the                  
          taxpayer's testimony wholly credible is not sufficient to                   
          establish fraud.  Shaw v. Commissioner, 27 T.C. 561, 569-570                
          (1956), affd. 252 F.2d 681 (6th Cir. 1958); see also Cirillo v.             
          Commissioner, 314 F.2d 478, 482 (3d Cir. 1963), affg. in part and           
          revg. in part T.C. Memo. 1961-192.                                          
               Section 6663(a) provides generally that, if any part of any            
          underpayment of tax required to be shown on a return is due to              
          fraud, there shall be added to the tax an amount equal to 75                
          percent of the portion of the underpayment that is attributable             
          to fraud.  Under section 6663(b), if the Commissioner establishes           
          that any portion of an underpayment is attributable to fraud, the           
          entire underpayment shall be treated as attributable to fraud,              
          except with respect to any portion of the underpayment that the             
          taxpayer establishes (by a preponderance of the evidence) is not            
          attributable to fraud.  Two elements must be satisfied before a             



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