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                    Type of Fees and Costs          Total                             
                    Attorney’s fees             $4,770.00                             
          Paralegal’s fees             1,770.00                                       
          Miscellaneous costs:                                                        
          Fax                            7.80                                         
          Photocopies                   27.20                                         
          Postage and express mail      34.07                                         
          Long distance                 30.00                                         
          Filing fee                    60.00                                         
          159.07                                                                      
          Total                              6,699.07                                 
          Of the $4,770 in attorney’s fees and $1,770 in paralegal’s fees,            
          $1,623 covered work done from April 10 through September 11,                
          2003, when petitioner filed her Tax Court petition.  Of the                 
          $1,623, $546 may have related to the preparation and filing of              
          the petition.                                                               
          Discussion                                                                  
               Petitioner seeks to recover under section 7430                         
          administrative and litigation costs that she incurred after                 
          respondent’s April 4, 2003, 30-day letter was mailed to her.                
               Respondent acknowledges:  (1) Petitioner substantially                 
          prevailed both with respect to the amounts in controversy and               
          with respect to the most significant issues presented; (2)                  
          petitioner meets the net worth requirements provided by law; (3)            
          petitioner has not unreasonably protracted the administrative and           
          Court proceedings; and (4) the specified costs that petitioner              
          claims are reasonable in amount within section 7430(a).                     








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