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          costs,14 and parking fees relating to this litigation as outlined           
          below:                                                                      

                         Awarded Litigation Costs  Amount                             
                         Court filing fee            $ 60.00                          
                         Postage and delivery        52.51                            
                         Mileage                     11.25                            
                         Parking                     3.00                             
                         Total                       $126.76                          

               Other arguments made by petitioners, such as a claim for               
          punitive damages, are without merit and are rejected.                       
               For the reasons stated, we shall award petitioners                     
          litigation costs in the amount of $126.76.15                                

                                             An appropriate order and                 
                                        decision will be entered.                     










               14  As indicated, petitioners calculated their mileage costs           
          at $0.35 per mile when the Government’s actual allowable mileage            
          reimbursement rate effective on May 4, 2004, was $0.375.  68 Fed.           
          Reg. 69618 (Dec. 15, 2003).  Therefore, at the applicable rate,             
          which we use, 30 miles traveled results in $11.25 in mileage                
          costs.                                                                      
               15  The amounts at issue and the amounts awarded herein are            
          small.  Issuance of this Opinion, however, is appropriate due to            
          the repetitive nature of the costs involved and due to the need             
          to clarify for pro se taxpayers (as well as for represented                 
          taxpayers) the available recovery under sec. 7430 of out-of-                
          pocket costs such as postage, mileage, and parking fees.                    




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