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          Racing Equipment, Inc., of Rancho Dominguez, California.                    
               Although he resided in Long Beach in 1996 and 1997,                    
          petitioner also maintained a residence in southern Mexico during            
          those years.  Petitioner paid more than one-half of the cost of             
          maintaining this residence for each of those years.                         
               During 1996 and 1997, petitioner’s father and mother, two              
          brothers, and two sisters (collectively, petitioner’s relatives)            
          lived at the residence in Mexico that petitioner maintained.  The           
          names of these individuals, their relationship to petitioner, and           
          their birth dates are as follows:                                           
                    Name             Relationship        Birth Date                   
               Benjamin Vega            father          Oct. 30, 1927                 
               Margarita Campos         mother          July 22, 1939                 
               Jose De Jesus Vega       brother         Nov. 14, 1971                 
               Rafael Vega              brother         Oct. 11, 1973                 
               Cleofas Gabriela Vega    sister          May  21, 1977                 
               Liliana Margarita Vega   sister          Jan. 20, 1981                 
               Petitioner’s relatives are all Mexican nationals.  None of             
          them has ever resided in the United States, nor has any one of              
          them ever worked in the United States.                                      
               Petitioner timely filed a U.S. Individual Income Tax Return            
          (Form 1040A) for 1996.  On his return, petitioner designated his            
          filing status as head of household and claimed the standard                 
          deduction in the amount appropriate to that filing status.  Also            
          on his return, petitioner claimed his relatives as dependents.              
          For each of his relatives, petitioner listed a purported 9-digit            
          Social Security number (sometimes referred to as an SSN), the               






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