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                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:  Respondent determined a                                                                          
                deficiency, additions to tax, and additional interest with                                                                    
                respect to petitioners' Federal income tax for the taxable year                                                               
                1981 in the amounts shown below:                                                                                              
                                Additions    Additions   Additions    Additional                                                             
                           to Tax       to tax      to tax    Interest                                                                        
                                 Sec.         Sec.                                 Sec.             Sec.                                      
                Deficiency  6653(a)(1)1  6653(a)(2)1       6659                                     6621(c)                                   
                $28,169     $1,408                                2         $8,451         3                                                  

                                 1The references in the notice of deficiency are to                                                           
                         sec. 6653(a)(1)(A) and sec. 6653(a)(1)(B),                                                                           
                         respectively.  For the year in issue, the references                                                                 
                         should have been to sec. 6653(a)(1) and sec.                                                                         
                         6653(a)(2), respectively.  However, there is no                                                                      
                         substantive difference between sec. 6653(a)(1) and sec.                                                              
                         6653(a)(1)(A) and between sec. 6653(a)(2) and sec.                                                                   
                         6653(a)(1)(B).                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                             
                                 250 percent of the portion of the underpayment                                                               
                         that is attributable to negligence.                                                                                  
                                 3Interest on the entire underpayment to be                                                                   
                         computed at 120 percent of the rate otherwise                                                                        
                         applicable under sec. 6621(a).                                                                                       














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