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          2.   Addition to Tax Under Section 6651(a)(1) for Failure To File           
               If a Federal income tax return is not timely filed, an                 
          addition to tax will be assessed “unless it is shown that such              
          failure is due to reasonable cause and not due to willful                   
          neglect”.  Sec. 6651(a)(1).  A delay is due to reasonable cause             
          if “the taxpayer exercised ordinary business care and prudence              
          and was nevertheless unable to file the return within the                   
          prescribed time”.  Sec. 301.6651-1(c)(1), Proced. & Admin. Regs.;           
          see also United States v. Boyle, 469 U.S. 241, 243 (1985).                  
               Respondent’s records reflect that petitioner did not file a            
          timely return for the taxable year 2002.  Petitioner did submit a           
          return in April 2005.  There is no record of petitioner’s having            
          filed a request for extension of time to file a return.                     
               The record contains no evidence, nor has petitioner made any           
          arguments, to establish reasonable cause for the failure to                 
          timely file.                                                                
          3.   Addition to Tax Under Section 6654(a) for Failure To Pay               
          Estimated Tax                                                               
               Section 6654(a) provides for an addition to tax “in the case           
          of any underpayment of estimated tax by an individual”.  This               
          addition to tax is mandatory unless petitioner shows that one of            
          the statutorily provided exceptions applies.  Sec. 6654(e);                 
          Grosshandler v. Commissioner, 75 T.C. 1, 20-21 (1980).  There is            
          no exception for reasonable cause or lack of willful neglect.               






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