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          account in petitioner’s name; (2) capital gain income from the              
          sale of jointly titled property; (3) mortgage interest deductions           
          on jointly titled property; (4) losses related to a farming                 
          activity; and (5) charitable contribution deductions.                       
          Additionally, the parties addressed whether petitioner was liable           
          for any additions to tax or penalties.  Petitioner did not                  
          dispute the accuracy of respondent’s determinations aside from              
          her claim to relief from joint liability under section 6015.                
               In Rowe I, we held that petitioner was entitled to complete            
          relief under section 6015(c) for the retirement account                     
          distributions and the farming activity losses because these items           
          were allocable to Mr. Rowe, and petitioner did not have actual              
          knowledge of the items.  We found that the capital gains,                   
          mortgage interest, and charitable contributions items were                  
          allocable evenly between petitioner and Mr. Rowe.  We then                  
          granted petitioner relief under section 6015(c) for the half of             
          these items allocable to Mr. Rowe because we found that                     
          respondent had failed to establish that petitioner had actual               
          knowledge of the items.5  We held that petitioner was not                   
          entitled to relief under section 6015(b) for the portions of the            



               5As we noted in Rowe I, under sec. 6015(c) an individual               
          cannot qualify for relief for the portions of items which are               
          allocable to her; thus, petitioner was not entitled to relief               
          under sec. 6015(c) for the portions of the capital gains,                   
          mortgage interest, and charitable contributions items allocable             
          to her.                                                                     





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