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          that Congress intended to create a case-by-case reasonableness              
          determination of whether a contribution could be deemed timely.             
          We sustain respondent’s determination of the excise tax.2                   
          B. Failure To File Penalty                                                  
               Section 6011(a) provides that, when required by regulations,           
          any person liable for a tax shall make a return.  Section                   
          54.6011-1(a), Pension Excise Regs., requires any employer who is            
          liable for the tax under section 4971(a) to file an annual return           
          on Form 5330.  Petitioner did not file such a return.                       
               Section 6651(a)(1) imposes a minimum addition to tax for               
          failure to timely file a return in the amount of $100 or 5                  
          percent of the amount of tax due per month for each month that a            
          return is not timely filed, not to exceed 25 percent “unless it             
          is shown that such failure is due to reasonable cause and not due           
          to willful neglect”.  United States v. Boyle, 469 U.S. 241, 246             
          (1985).  Petitioner has not addressed this issue, and, we assume            
          that, if she is liable for the excise tax, she concedes the                 
          addition to tax under section 6651(a)(1).                                   
                                                  Decision will be entered            
                                             for respondent.                          

          2    Petitioner contends that under IRS Publication 560,                    
          Retirement Plans for the Self-Employed, contributions can be                
          retroactively applied to the previous year if the contributions             
          are made by the due date of the employer’s return.  We have                 
          recently considered and rejected this argument.  See Wenger v.              
          Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2000-156.  We see no reason to restate             
          our reasoning here.                                                         





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