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          indicate the document was received by fax on January 14, 1993.              
          Petitioner claims that he also mailed the Form 2553 on January 8,           
          1993, but respondent's records indicate that no such document was           
          received in 1993.                                                           
               Under different circumstances, we would be compelled to                
          resolve these factual disputes.  However, there is no need to do            
          so in this case.  Because we are bound to follow the above-cited            
          line of cases decided by the Court of Appeals for the Sixth                 
          Circuit, Golsen v. Commissioner, 54 T.C. 742 (1970), affd. 445              
          F.2d 985 (10th Cir. 1971), petitioner's testimony regarding what            
          he did is not so important as his testimony as to what he did not           
          do; that is, send the Form 2553 by certified or registered mail.            
          Because respondent has denied receipt of the Form 2553 in 1993,             
          and because petitioner did not send that form by certified or               
          registered mail, the form cannot be considered filed.  Carroll v.           
          Commissioner, supra; Surowka v. United States, supra; Miller v.             
          United States, supra; Deutsch v. Commissioner, supra.  Absent the           
          filing of a valid Form 2553, Management cannot be treated as an S           
          corporation for the year 1993, and petitioner is not entitled to            
          deduct any loss attributable to the corporation.  It follows that           
          respondent's adjustment in this regard must be sustained.                   
          Negligence Penalty                                                          
               Section 6662(a) imposes a penalty in an amount equal to 20             
          percent of the portion of the underpayment of tax attributable to           
          a taxpayer's negligence or disregard of rules or regulations.               






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