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               Medical and dental expenses                       -0-                  
               State and local income taxes                      $336                 
               Interest                                          -0-                  
               Gifts to charity                                  400                  
               Job expenses and most other miscellaneous deductions33,645               
               Other miscellaneous deductions                                 500     
               Total itemized deductions                    1$34,881                  
               1Petitioner incorrectly calculated the total itemized deductions and   
          claimed $34,145.                                                            
          The $33,645 claimed for “Job expenses and most other                        
          miscellaneous deductions” was calculated with reference to                  
          miscellaneous itemized deductions of $34,663.2  Petitioner did              
          not report an AMT on his 2000 income tax return.                            
               During an examination of the 2000 income tax return,                   
          petitioner submitted a Form 1040X, Amended U.S. Individual Income           
          Tax Return, for the 2000 taxable year (amended return).                     
          Petitioner reported additional wages of $12,138 and claimed                 
          additional itemized deductions of $12,950.  Specifically,                   
          petitioner claimed the following itemized deductions on Schedule            
          A of the amended return:                                                    
               Medical and dental expenses                       -0-                  
               State and local income taxes                      $336                 
               Interest                                          -0-                  
               Gifts to charity                                  400                  
               Job expenses and most other miscellaneous deductions47,095               
               Other miscellaneous deductions                                 -0-     
               Total Itemized Deductions                    1$47,831                  
               1Petitioner incorrectly reported the “Correct amount” as $47,950.      
               In the notice of deficiency, respondent determined that                
          petitioner failed to report additional wages of $12,138 (as                 

               2  Taking into consideration the 2-percent floor on                    
          miscellaneous itemized deductions.                                          




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