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               Petitioner and Mr. August filed joint tax returns for the              
          years at issue.  The tax returns for 1990 and 1993 were prepared            
          by a C.P.A. firm, and the 1992 return was prepared by H&R Block.            
          All of the income reported on these returns came from Mr.                   
          August’s carpet installation business and was reported on                   
          Schedule C, Profit or Loss From Business.  The tax returns list             
          petitioner as a homemaker or housewife.  Petitioner signed these            
          returns.  The taxes reported on the returns as due have not been            
          fully paid.  Petitioner’s and Mr. August’s outstanding tax                  
          liabilities for the years at issue are the result of these                  
          underpayments of tax.2                                                      
              In March 1999, petitioner filed Form 8857, Request for                 
          Innocent Spouse Relief, for each of the years at issue.                     
          Petitioner attached the following statement to each Form 8857:              
                    My ex husband had all the money for our taxes to                  
               be paid before our divorce and instead he used approx                  
               13,000.00 for an attorney for our divorce.  He is                      
               living as they say “High on the hog.”  Since our                       
               divorce he has bought a new work van all brand new                     
               appliances, fax machine.  All I have is a van 79 Dodge                 
               that is valued at 700.00 and does not run most of the                  
               time.  I have applied for disability do to post                        
               tramatic stress disorder, obsessive compulsive                         
               disorder, panic attacks, anxiety attacks, and                          
               borderline personality disorder.  I’m basically                        
               homeless, and living off family and friends.  Please                   
               concider taking me off his account for the years owed.                 
               For I had no part of his business or knowledge he did                  
               not pay off taxes until after our divorce and I filed                  
               my taxes and they went towards his account.  I filed a                 

               2  As of Aug. 10, 2000, the remaining liabilities were                 
          $1,670 for 1990, $4,820 for 1992, and $4,656 for 1993.                      





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