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          underpayment of tax attributable to negligence or disregard of              
          rules or regulations.  The penalty under section 6662(a) applies            
          only where a return has been filed.  See sec. 6664(b).  We                  
          therefore must determine whether the disclaimer 1040 constitutes            
          a valid return.                                                             
               Generally, pursuant to section 6011(a), taxpayers are                  
          required to file returns that conform to the forms and                      
          regulations prescribed by the Secretary.  See sec. 1.6011-1(a),             
          Income Tax Regs.  The Form 1040 is the form prescribed by the               
          Secretary for use by individual taxpayers in filing returns.  See           
          Steines v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 1991-588.                               
               Section 6065 requires returns to contain or be verified by a           
          written declaration that they are made under the penalties of               
          perjury.  To facilitate a taxpayer’s compliance with this                   
          requirement, the Form 1040 contains a preprinted jurat.3  By                
          signing the jurat included within the Form 1040, a taxpayer                 
          satisfies the requirement that his return be executed under                 
          penalty of perjury.  See Sloan v. Commissioner, 102 T.C. 137,               
          146-147 (1994), affd. 53 F.3d 799 (7th Cir. 1995); Sochia v.                
          Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 1998-294.                                          
               The U.S. Supreme Court has also held that certain documents            


               3  The jurat is the portion of the Form 1040 which reads:              
          “Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I have examined this            
          return and accompanying schedules and statements, and to the best           
          of my knowledge and belief, they are true, correct, and                     
          complete.”                                                                  




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