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          filing the 1986 and 1987 joint Federal income tax returns for               
          petitioner and Mr. Martin, and the returns, ultimately, were not            
          timely filed.  Mr. Forness did not discuss any position taken on            
          the Martins’ income tax returns with petitioner, and she was not            
          in a position to secure records from the various business                   
          entities to prepare the 1986 and 1987 joint returns.  Petitioner            
          did not receive any Forms W-2, Wage and Tax Statement, for the              
          period under consideration.  Mr. Forness always presented the               
          joint Federal income tax returns to Mr. Martin, who in turn                 
          presented them to petitioner for her execution.                             
               After the Primera transaction, NCID and the insurance                  
          regulatory authorities of two other States, focused on Life’s               
          financial situation and imposed restrictions.  NCID, during 1987,           
          ordered that Life sell Primera.  During 1988, Life sold Primera             
          to a development company for a $33 million promissory note linked           
          to the real property.  Mr. Martin did not discuss these                     
          difficulties with petitioner, and from 1984 through 1989, there             
          was no change in her lifestyle, and petitioner believed that she            
          was a wealthy person.  Although petitioner was generally aware of           
          the Primera transaction, it was not until a few years after the             
          years in issue (sometime in 1990) that petitioner became aware of           
          the tax and insurance-related details and financial problems with           
          which her husband and family were confronted.                               








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