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          2000 contained petitioner’s name, address, Social Security                  
          number, filing status, and information regarding income and tax,            
          to which was attached Form 886-A, Explanation Of Items,                     
          containing sufficient information from which to compute                     
          petitioner’s tax liability.                                                 
               Petitioner did not show reasonable cause for the failure to            
          file timely returns for the years at issue or timely pay tax in             
          2000.  Sec. 6651(a)(1) and (2).  Accordingly, the Court finds               
          petitioner is liable for section 6651(a)(1) and (2) additions to            
          tax to be calculated under Rule 155.11                                      
               Under section 6654, the addition to tax is calculated with             
          reference to four required installment payments of the taxpayer’s           
          estimated tax liability.  Each required installment of estimated            
          tax is equal to 25 percent of the “required annual payment”.                
          Sec. 6654(d)(1)(A).  The “required annual payment” is generally             
          equal to the lesser of (1) 90 percent of the tax shown on the               
          individual’s return for that year (or, if no return is filed, 90            
          percent of his or her tax for such year), or (2) if the                     
          individual filed a return for the immediately preceding taxable             
          year, 100 percent of the tax shown on that return.  Sec.                    
          6654(d)(1)(B); Wheeler v. Commissioner, 127 T.C. 200, 210-211               
          (2006); Heers v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2007-10.                          



               11 In the Rule 155 calculations the parties must take into             
          consideration sec. 6651(c)(1).                                              





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