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            Rules 180, 181, and 183.1  The Court agrees with and adopts the                             
            Opinion of the Special Trial Judge, which is set forth below.                               
                               OPINION OF THE SPECIAL TRIAL JUDGE                                       
                  ARMEN, Special Trial Judge:  This case is before the Court                            
            on respondent's Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction on the                           
            ground that the petition was not filed within the time prescribed                           
            by section 6213(a) or section 7502.                                                         
            Background                                                                                  
                  On June 11, 1993, respondent sent petitioner duplicate                                
            original notices of deficiency for the taxable years 1985, 1986,                            
            1987, and 1989 (the first notices of deficiency).  In the first                             
            notices of deficiency, respondent determined the following                                  
            deficiencies in petitioner's Federal income taxes and additions                             
            to tax:                                                                                     

                         Additions to Tax                                                               
                                    Sec.        Sec.         Sec.        Sec.                           
            Year   Deficiency    6651(a)(1)  16653(a)(1)  26653(a)(2)     6654                          
            1985    $9,930         $2,483       $497      applicable     $569                           
            1986    10,714          2,679        536      applicable      519                           
            1987     8,159          2,040        408      applicable      439                           
            1989    53,364         13,341        ---         ---        3,609                           
                  1 For 1986 and 1987, sec. 6653(a)(1)(A).                                              
            2 For 1986 and 1987, sec. 6653(a)(1)(B).                                                    

                  Also on June 11, 1993, respondent sent petitioner and his                             
            wife Bertha Millsap duplicate original notices of deficiency for                            


                  1  Unless otherwise indicated, all section references are to                          
            the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, and all Rule references                              
            are to the Tax Court Rules of Practice and Procedure.                                       




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