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                                  FINDINGS OF FACT                                    
               Respondent assessed petitioner’s Federal income tax                    
          liability relating to 1977 through 1992, 1994, and 1997 as                  
          follows:                                                                    
               Tax Year       Tax Liability       Assessment Date                     
               1977-84        $121,359            Oct.  2, 1995                       
               1985           5,741               Oct. 10, 1994                       
               1986           4,201               Oct. 17, 1994                       
               1987           4,061               Oct. 24, 1994                       
               1988           4,414               Oct. 31, 1994                       
               1989-90        13,092              Nov.  7, 1994                       
               1991           5,558               Sept. 26, 1994                      
               1992           1,324               Sept. 19, 1994                      
               1994           10,106              Oct. 23, 1995                       
               1997           4,663               Aug. 30, 1999                       
          Respondent also assessed interest, various penalties, and                   
          additions to tax relating to the years in issue.                            
               On February 1, 2000, respondent sent petitioner Notices of             
          Federal Tax Lien Filing and Your Right to a Hearing Under IRC               
          6320 relating to 1977 through 1992, 1994, and 1997.  On February            
          21, 2000, petitioner filed a Form 12153, Request for a Collection           
          Due Process Hearing.                                                        
               On December 11, 2000, petitioner attended the Collection Due           
          Process Hearing (the hearing), during which petitioner and                  
          respondent discussed the assessments, various collection                    
          alternatives, and whether petitioner would submit so called                 
          “corrected returns” relating to 1977 through 1984 (i.e., the tax            
          years for which respondent prepared substitute returns).  In                
          addition, respondent asked petitioner to submit a financial                 





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