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          The decision to be entered is not reviewable by any other court,            
          and this opinion should not be cited as authority.                          
               Respondent determined the following deficiencies in                    
          petitioner's Federal income taxes and additions to tax for                  
          failure to file timely:                                                     
                                                  Addition to Tax1                    
               Year           Deficiency          Sec. 6651(a)(1)                     
               1998           $5,354              $1,272                              
               1999           4,577               793                                 
               2000           7,064                    1,357                          
               1Figures are rounded to the nearest dollar.1                                                                     
               After a concession,1 the issues for decision are whether:              
          (l) Respondent is estopped from asserting a deficiency against              
          petitioner for 1999; (2) petitioner is required to include in               
          income a reward received from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)            
          during 1998; (3) petitioner is entitled to deductions on Schedule           
          C, Profit or Loss From Business, for 1998, 1999, and 2000 in                
          excess of those allowed by respondent; and (4) petitioner is                
          liable for additions to tax for failure to file timely his 1998,            
          1999, and 2000 Federal income tax returns.                                  
                                     Background                                       
               The stipulation of facts and the exhibits received into                
          evidence are incorporated herein by reference.  Petitioner                  



               1Respondent concedes that petitioner is entitled to a                  
          deduction for depreciation expenses of $2,834 for 2000.                     




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