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          not taxable and that the documents petitioners filed were valid             
          "returns", so as to relieve them from the additions to tax                  
          determined by respondent.                                                   
               A Form 1040 which contains only "Object--5th Amend." entries           
          is not a Federal income tax return.  See Parker v. Commissioner,            
          724 F.2d 469 (5th Cir. 1984), affg. T.C. Memo. 1983-75; Beard v.            
          Commissioner, 82 T.C. 766 (1984), affd. per curiam 793 F.2d 139             
          (6th Cir. 1986).  This is true even where information forms are             
          attached to the form.  Reiff v. Commissioner, 77 T.C. 1169, 1177-           
          1179 (1981).  Moreover, petitioners have not alleged, let alone             
          shown, that they had any credible fear of criminal prosecution              
          that could remotely justify claiming the Fifth Amendment with               
          respect to the reporting of any given item on their returns.                
               Instead of using a Form 1040 for 1994, petitioners created a           
          form which they entitled "joint income tax return, 1994".                   
          Generally, taxpayers are required to file a return that conforms            
          to the forms and regulations and should use the forms issued by             
          the Internal Revenue Service.  See sec. 1.6011-1(b), Income Tax             
          Regs.  We have held that an altered Treasury Form 1040 does not             
          constitute a "return" in compliance with section 6011(a).  Beard            
          v. Commissioner, supra; see also Counts v. Commissioner, 774 F.2d           
          426, 426-427 (11th Cir. 1985), affg. per curiam T.C. Memo. 1984-            
          561; Rapp v. Commissioner, 774 F.2d 932 (9th Cir. 1985).                    
               The Supreme Court has provided a four-part test to determine           
          whether a document is sufficient for statute of limitations                 



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