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34. On September 28, 1988 Robert L. Steele, on behalf
of the Tax Matters Partner of SAB Foam Recycling
Associates, filed a protest against the adjustments
to the 1982 and 1983 tax years proposed by the
Internal Revenue Service resulting from an examination
of SAB Foam Recycling Associates. In such protest the
Tax Matters Partner of SAB Foam Recycling Associates
agreed to follow the Tax Court’s decision in the
following lead cases: Miller v. Commissioner,
Docket No. 10382-89; Miller v. Commissioner, Docket No.
10383-86; and Provizer v. Commissioner, Docket No.
27141-86. A copy of the protest of the Tax Matters
Partner of SAB Foam Recycling Associates dated
September 28, 1988 is attached hereto and marked as
Exhibit 10-J. [See supra pp. 14-15.]
35. On January 20, 1989 Stuart Becker, as the
Tax Matters Partner of SAB Foam Recycling Associates,
sent a letter to the District Director of the Internal
Revenue Service withdrawing the September 28, 1988
agreement to be bound by the lead cases. A copy of the
January 20, 1989 letter is attached hereto as Exhibit
11-J. [See supra p. 15.]
The stipulation paragraphs quoted above merely summarize the
language of the protest letter and the withdrawal letter and
refer to attached exhibits for the specific language. The
language of the stipulation does not support the conclusion that
respondent agreed that the protest letter was equivalent to an
executed piggyback agreement. Petitioners’ counsel essentially
argues that by stipulation respondent’s counsel has agreed to
concede the issues in dispute in this case. The language of the
stipulation does not support this startling conclusion, nothing
else in the record supports it, and respondent’s counsel clearly
and explicitly has denied it. We disagree with petitioners’
counsel’s interpretation of the stipulation of facts.
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