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          required under section 72(p)(2)(C).  The result was a deemed                
          distribution to petitioner in 2000.                                         
               The second issue for decision is whether petitioner is                 
          liable for a section 72(t) additional tax on the distribution               
          from the qualified retirement plan.  Section 72(t)(1) generally             
          imposes a 10-percent additional tax on certain early                        
          distributions from qualified retirement plans, unless a                     
          distribution comes within one of several statutory exceptions.              
          See sec. 72(t)(2).  Petitioner does not argue, and nothing in the           
          record indicates, that any of the exceptions apply to the case at           
          hand.  We therefore hold that petitioner is liable for the                  
          section 72(t) additional tax as determined by respondent.                   
               Reviewed and adopted as the report of the Small Tax Case               
          Division.                                                                   
                                             Decision will be entered                 
                                        for respondent.                               



















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