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               Respondent determined a deficiency in petitioner’s Federal             
          income tax of $3,677 for the taxable year 2003.  The issues for             
          decision are: (1) Whether petitioner is entitled to a dependency            
          exemption deduction for his nephew; (2) whether petitioner is               
          entitled to head-of-household status; (3) whether petitioner is             
          entitled to an earned income credit; and (4) whether petitioner             
          is entitled to a child care credit.                                         
                                     Background                                       
               Some of the facts have been stipulated and are so found.               
          The stipulation of facts and the attached exhibits are                      
          incorporated herein by this reference.  At the time the petition            
          was filed, petitioner resided in South Orange, New Jersey.                  
               During taxable year 2003, petitioner resided in a third-               
          floor apartment in a multifamily residence in Newark, New Jersey.           
          Forms W-2 included as part of the underlying record show that               
          during taxable year 2003, petitioner was employed by both                   
          Goldring Gulf Distributing of Fort Walton, Florida, and Five Star           
          Carting of Brooklyn, New York, and had listed addressess for each           
          in Navarre, Florida, and Brooklyn, New York, respectively.  In              
          addition to the aforementioned addresses, petitioner listed his             
          address on his 2003 Form 1040, U.S. Individual Income Tax Return,           
          as South Orange, New Jersey.  Petitioner resided at the Newark,             
          New Jersey, address for 7 to 9 months of the taxable year 2003,             
          with the additional addresses in Florida and New York being that            






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