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          motion.                                                                     
                                    Background                                        
               The record establishes and/or the parties do not dispute the           
          following.                                                                  
               Petitioner resided in Henderson, Nevada, at the time he                
          filed the petition in this case.                                            
               On or about April 15, 1996, petitioner filed a Federal                 
          income tax (tax) return for his taxable year 1995 (1995 return).            
          In his 1995 return, petitioner reported total income of $0, total           
          tax of $0, and claimed a refund of $2,143 consisting of tax                 
          withheld of $49 and an earned income credit of $2,094.  On April            
          29, 1996, respondent offset the $2,143 refund that petitioner               
          claimed in his 1995 return against a nontax liability.                      
               On March 25, 1998, respondent issued to petitioner a notice            
          of deficiency (notice) with respect to his taxable year 1995,               
          which he received.  In that notice, respondent determined a                 
          deficiency in, and an accuracy-related penalty under section                
          6662(a) on, petitioner’s tax for his taxable year 1995 in the               
          respective amounts of $508 and $102.                                        
               Petitioner did not file a petition in the Court with respect           
          to the notice relating to his taxable year 1995.                            
               On September 7, 1998, respondent assessed petitioner’s tax,            
          as well as a penalty and interest as provided by law, for his               
          taxable year 1995.  (We shall refer to those assessed amounts, as           






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