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          entered is not reviewable by any other court, and this opinion              
          should not be cited as authority.                                           
               Respondent determined deficiencies in petitioners’ Federal             
          income taxes of $9212 for 2000 and $1,082 for 2001.  The issues             
          for decision are:                                                           
               1.  Whether petitioners, husband and wife, had an employer-            
          employee relationship.  We find that they did.                              
               2.  Whether petitioners may exclude from gross income                  
          medical benefits of $3,279 in 2000 and $4,539 in 2001 paid by an            
          employer-spouse to an employee-spouse.  We find that they may.              
               3.  Whether petitioners may deduct from gross income medical           
          benefits of $3,279 in 2000 and $4,539 in 2001 paid by an                    
          employer-spouse to an employee-spouse.  We find that they may.              
                                     Background                                       
               Some of the facts have been stipulated and are so found.               
          The stipulation of facts and the accompanying exhibits are                  
          incorporated by this reference.  Petitioners resided in                     
          Rollingstone, Minnesota, at the time they filed the petition.               
          Maureen Speltz                                                              
               Petitioner Maureen Speltz (Mrs. Speltz) has operated a sole            
          proprietorship daycare business in petitioners’ home since 1982.            
          Mrs. Speltz has an elementary education degree, and she has been            


               2All monetary amounts have been rounded to the nearest                 
          dollar.                                                                     





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