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          court, and this opinion should not be cited as authority.                   
               Respondent determined deficiencies in petitioner's Federal             
          income taxes as follows:                                                    
                    Docket                                                            
                    No.            Year       Deficiency                              
                   727-99S      1995         $3,699                                  
                   728-99S      1996          4,265                                  
                    16618-99S      1997          4,317                                
                    16618-99S      1998          2,380                                
               The issues for decision are as follows:                                
               (1) Whether petitioner’s filing status is head-of-household            
          as claimed on petitioner’s  income tax returns for the years in             
          issue.  We hold that it is.                                                 
               (2) Whether petitioner is entitled to dependency exemptions            
          for her son, daughter, and grandmother as claimed on her income             
          tax returns for the years in issue.  We hold that she is.                   
               (3) Whether petitioner is entitled to earned income credits            
          as claimed on her income tax returns for the years in issue.  We            
          hold that she is.                                                           
          Background                                                                  
               Some of the facts have been stipulated, and they are so                
          found.  Petitioner resided in Deland, Florida, at the time that             
          her petitions were filed with the Court.                                    
               Petitioner has two children, a son Henry Earl Corley                   
          (Henry), who was born on December 9, 1978, and a daughter Ceola             
          Jean Corley (Ceola), who was born on July 2, 1981.                          







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