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          entered is not reviewable by any other court, and this opinion              
          should not be cited as authority.                                           
               Respondent determined a deficiency of $8,950 in petitioners’           
          2002 Federal income tax.  The deficiency results entirely from              
          the imposition of the section 55 alternative minimum tax (AMT).             
          The issue for decision is whether in the computation of their               
          AMT liability petitioners are entitled to take into account a               
          negative tax preference item.                                               
          Background                                                                  
               All of the facts in this case submitted under Rule 122 have            
          been stipulated and are so found.  At the time the petition was             
          filed, petitioners resided in Pocatello, Idaho.                             
               Daniel Smith was employed as a medical sales representative,           
          and Christi Smith was not employed during 2002.                             
               Petitioners filed a timely 2002 joint Federal income tax               
          return.  On that return they reported adjusted gross income of              
          $220,739 (amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar) that                   
          consists, in part, of wage income of $216,419 and refunds of                
          State and local taxes of $1,544.                                            
               Petitioners’ return includes a Schedule A, Itemized                    
          Deductions, on which petitioners claimed itemized deductions as             
          follows:                                                                    









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