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               Respondent determined a deficiency of $4,860 in petitioners’           
          Federal income tax for the taxable year 1997.  The cover page of            
          the notice of deficiency shows a deficiency of $14,341 for the              
          year at issue.  The $9,481 discrepancy relates to tax previously            
          assessed because of computational errors on petitioners’ 1997               
          Federal tax return.  See sec. 6213(b)(1).  When issuing the                 
          notice of deficiency, respondent inadvertently included the tax             
          previously assessed because of the computational errors in the              
          amount of the deficiency.  Accordingly, the amount in dispute               
          determined in the notice of deficiency is $4,860.1                          
               In the notice of deficiency, respondent also determined that           
          petitioners failed to report $6,043 of alternative minimum tax              
          (AMT).                                                                      
               Some of the facts in this case have been stipulated and are            
          so found.  The stipulation of facts and the attached exhibits are           
          incorporated herein by this reference.  At the time the petition            
          was filed, petitioners lived in Woodbury, New York.                         
               In the stipulation of facts, respondent concedes that                  
          petitioners are entitled to (1) an additional deduction of $300             
          for State and local income taxes above the amount originally                
          claimed on Schedule A, Itemized Deductions, and (2) a $7 foreign            


               1  The inconsequential error on the cover page of the notice           
          of deficiency does not affect the validity of the notice.  See              
          Stussy v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2002-257.                                




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