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               TATT Companies International d.b.a. Pedus Security Service             
          reported to respondent that it paid petitioner wages in the                 
          amounts of $11,541 and $8,482 during 1987 and 1988, respectively.           
          The Department of the Air Force reported to respondent that it              
          paid petitioner a pension annuity in the amount of $8,165 during            
          1988.  Morgan Shareholder Services Trust Company of AMR                     
          Corporation (Morgan) reported to respondent that on February 13,            
          1987, petitioner sold some securities.  Morgan reported that                
          petitioner received "stock&bond" income in the amount of $56 as a           
          result of the sale.                                                         
               Petitioner did not file Federal income tax returns for his             
          1987 and 1988 taxable years.                                                
               Petitioner filed three bankruptcy petitions in the United              
          States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Arizona since filing            
          his petition in this Court.  In dismissing his third bankruptcy             
          petition, the presiding judge concluded that petitioner is "a               
          serial filer and that [his] action as a serial filer constitutes            
          an abuse of the bankruptcy system."                                         
               The first issue for decision is whether petitioner received            
          and failed to report income during the taxable years in issue.              
               Section 61(a) includes in gross income all income from                 
          whatever source derived including, but not limited to,                      
          compensation for services, gains from dealings in property,                 
          annuities, and pensions.  Sec. 61(a)(1), (3), (9), (11).                    






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