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               2.   Whether petitioner is entitled to additional personal             
          exemptions for taxable year 2000.                                           
               3.   Whether petitioner is entitled to the earned income               
          credit for taxable year 2000.                                               
               4.   Whether petitioner is entitled to the child tax credit            
          for taxable year 2000.                                                      
               5.   Whether petitioner is entitled to certain Schedule C              
          business deductions for taxable year 2000.                                  
               6.   Whether petitioner’s failure to file his 2000 Federal             
          income tax return was due to reasonable cause and not willful               
          neglect.                                                                    
               7.   Whether petitioner is liable for an addition to tax               
          pursuant to section 6654(a) for failure to make estimated tax               
          payments for taxable year 2000.                                             
               Unless otherwise indicated, all section references are to              
          the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, and all Rule references              
          are to the Tax Court Rules of Practice and Procedure.                       
                                     Background                                       
               At the time of filing the petition in the instant case,                
          petitioner resided in Waterloo, South Carolina.  During taxable             
          year 2000 petitioner was a self-employed motorcycle mechanic and            
          received $36,864 in nonemployee compensation.  Petitioner did not           
          timely file a Form 1040, U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, for             
          taxable year 2000 or pay any tax for that year because, at the              






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