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          misstatements applies to all of SMP’s partnership adjustments for           
          1997.  Alternatively, respondent determined that, pursuant to               
          section 6662(a), the 20-percent accuracy-related penalty applies            
          on the grounds of negligence or disregard of rules and                      
          regulations, a substantial understatement of income tax, or a               
          substantial valuation misstatement.                                         
               For 1998, respondent disallowed SMP’s claimed long-term                
          capital loss of $80,190,418 on the 1998 sale of the $81 million             
          receivable.  Respondent determined instead that SMP recognized              
          long-term capital gain of $1.4 million on this sale.75                      
          Respondent determined that, pursuant to section 6662(h), the 40-            
          percent accuracy-related penalty for gross valuation                        
          misstatements applies to all of SMP’s partnership adjustments for           
          1998 (except for the aforementioned long-term capital gain                  
          adjustment of $211,407).  Alternatively, respondent determined              
          that, pursuant to section 6662(a), the 20-percent accuracy-                 
          related penalty applies on the grounds of negligence or disregard           
          of rules and regulations, a substantial understatement of income            
          tax, or a substantial valuation misstatement.                               
               B.  Corona                                                             
               On January 24, 2003, respondent issued an FPAA to Corona for           
          its taxable year ended December 31, 1997.  Respondent disallowed            

               75 Respondent also determined that $211,407 of pass-through            
          gain that SMP reported on Sch. D of its partnership tax return              
          for 1998 should have been passed through to its members.                    





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