SWAN, Circuit Judge.
The deficiency assessment involved in this appeal represents a 25 per cent. penalty, amounting to $3,354.64, which the Commissioner assessed against the taxpayer for the tardy filing of his income tax return for the year 1924. The penalty is claimed by virtue of section 1003 of the Revenue Act of 1924 (43 Stat. 339, 26 USCA § 98). This reads in part as follows:
"In case of any failure to make and file a return or list within the time...
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