James M. and Ruth J. Riley - Page 3

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               Respondent determined the following deficiencies in                    
          petitioners’ Federal income taxes and accuracy-related penalties            
          under section 6662(a):                                                      
                                                 Penalty                              
                Year           Deficiency           Sec. 6662(a)                      
                2001           $5,674            $1,134.80                            
                2002           18,003            3,600.60                             
                2003           11,840            2,368.00                             
               Petitioners have not contested some of the adjustments                 
          respondent made that give rise to the deficiencies in question.2            
          Other adjustments are computational,3 and the resolution of those           
          adjustments depends on our resolution of the substantive issues             
          for decision.                                                               





               2In the notice of deficiency, respondent (1) disallowed  a             
          deduction of $1,600 for self-employed health insurance for 2001,            
          (2) increased petitioners’ 2001 dividend income from $1,692 to              
          $1,881, (3) increased petitioners’ self-employment taxes for 2002           
          and 2003 from $879 reported on the 2002 return to $7,002 and from           
          $14,979 reported on the 2003 return to $15,397, and (4)                     
          disallowed the $427 alternative minimum tax (AMT) foreign tax               
          credit carried forward from 2002 to 2003 resulting in AMT of                
          $1,459 for 2003.  In the petition, petitioners did not assign               
          error to those adjustments.                                                 
               3Respondent made the following computational adjustments               
          resulting from the adjustments to income:  (1) Increased the                
          taxable amount of Social Security benefits for 2001 from $278               
          reported on the return to $6,574, (2) increased the deductions              
          for self-employment tax for 2002 and 2003 from $440 reported on             
          the 2002 return to $3,501 and from $7,490 reported on the 2003              
          return to $7,699, and (3) reduced the deduction for exemptions              
          for 2003 from $5,978 reported on the 2003 return to $5,124.                 




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