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          of Deposit Special in his name and caused Mrs. Anderson to                  
          purchase from Arlington a 1-year, $100,000 Certificate of Deposit           
          Special in her name.  Although a box appeared on the applications           
          to create a trust account, neither of the applications for the              
          purchases nor the actual certificates of deposit mention the                
          creation of a trust account or an IRA.  Neither petitioner ever             
          opened a trust account or an IRA account of Arlington, and none             
          of the $200,688.97 was ever rolled over into a trust account or             
          an IRA account.                                                             
               NFSC issued to Mr. Anderson a Form 1099-R, Distributions               
          from Pensions, Annuities, Retirement or Profit-Sharing Plans,               
          IRAs, Insurance Contracts, Etc., reporting a gross taxable                  
          distribution of $205,298.  On petitioners’ 1997 tax return, they            
          reported a total IRA distribution of $205,298 but that only                 
          $5,298 was taxable.  On July 21, 2000, respondent mailed to                 
          petitioners a notice of deficiency for the tax on the remaining             
          $200,000 of the distribution.                                               
                                       OPINION                                        
               We must decide whether petitioners are taxable in 1997 on              
          their receipt of the remaining $200,000 of IRA funds.4                      


               4 Our decision does not depend on which party has the burden           
          of proof.  We note in passing, however, that petitioners do not             
          argue that sec. 7491(a) places the burden of proof on the                   
          Commissioner here.  We also note that Mr. Anderson was of a                 
          permissible age to receive the distribution without a tax.  Sec.            
          72(t).  Thus, respondent did not determine that Mr. Anderson was            
          subject to the 10-percent tax for early distribution.                       





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