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          Internal Revenue Service administrative file, but the                       
          administrative file was not introduced into evidence.                       
               According to the version of events presented by respondent             
          at trial, Ms. Wong had no involvement in or knowledge of this               
          case outside of reviewing petitioner’s administrative file for              
          the purpose of testifying.  On the basis of this review, Ms. Wong           
          testified respondent began investigating petitioner when Heath &            
          Associates reported it paid petitioner non-employee compensation            
          of $15,800 in 1996 and no corresponding return was filed by                 
          petitioner in 1996.  To determine whether petitioner filed a                
          return under another name, respondent sent petitioner an initial            
          contact letter, to which petitioner failed to respond.                      
               Ms. Wong further testified respondent prepared a substitute            
          for return and sent a 30-day letter and a no-response report to             
          petitioner, to which she did not respond.  Next, respondent                 
          issued a statutory notice of deficiency for tax year 1996 to                
          petitioner based upon the compensation paid to her by Heath &               
          Associates.                                                                 
               During cross-examination as well as direct, Ms. Wong’s                 
          responses appeared evasive.  It was also readily apparent she was           
          unfamiliar with the case and unprepared to provide any insight              
          outside of what she could recall from reading the file.                     
               Furthermore, respondent did not provide documentary evidence           
          to support Ms. Wong’s testimony or to show compensation was paid            






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