Wesley W. and Patsie Burnett - Page 3




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               We must decide:                                                        
               1  Whether petitioners are liable for the deficiencies                 
          determined by respondent.  We hold they are.                                
               2.  Whether petitioners are liable for the additions to tax            
          under section 6651(a)(1).  We hold they are.                                
               3.  Whether petitioners are liable for the additions to tax            
          under section 6654.  We hold they are.                                      
                                  FINDINGS OF FACT                                    
               Some facts were stipulated, and we incorporate by this                 
          reference the parties’ stipulation of facts and the accompanying            
          exhibits.  We find those facts accordingly.  Petitioners are                
          husband and wife, and they resided in Texas, a community property           
          State, at all relevant times.                                               
               During 1994, Mr. Burnett was employed by and received wages            
          from Lubbock Independent School District (Lubbock).  He received            
          from Lubbock $22,139 of wages in its 1993/1994 school year, of              
          which $16,177 was received in 1994.  He also received wages from            
          Lubbock in September, October, and November of 1994.  The net               
          (take-home) amount of these wages was $910, $930, and $164,                 
          respectively.                                                               
               Mr. Burnett is the owner and publisher of a weekly newspaper           
          (newspaper) named “The Post Dispatch”.4  He had originally sold             



               4 Petitioner also printed a magazine (magazine) known as the           
          “Republic of Texas”.                                                        





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