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          interest of $9,689, to which the parties have stipulated.                   
          Accordingly, we find that petitioner had unreported income from             
          the Crazy Horse Saloon in 1989 of at least $20,902 ($30,591 gross           
          receipts less $9,689 mortgage interest).                                    
               Petitioner separated from his wife on or about December 1,             
          1989, after which they did not live together.  He testified that            
          he moved in with his mother, which his former wife as well as an            
          employer corroborated.  We accordingly find that petitioner moved           
          in with his mother in December of 1989.  Petitioner testified               
          that both he and his wife provided support for the family in                
          1989.  In a February 16, 1989, personal financial statement                 
          submitted to a bank to obtain a loan, petitioner represented that           
          his annual income was $20,000.  The parties have stipulated that            
          petitioner paid mortgage interest of $15,931, of which $9,689               
          related to the Crazy Horse property.  Based on the entire record,           
          we find that the remainder, $6,242, related to petitioner's                 
          residence at the 11th Street address.                                       
               The income that has been stipulated, or that we have found,            
          totals $36,796 in 1989, consisting of $1,944 in wages, $13,950              
          from a real estate sale, and $20,902 in unreported income from              
          the Crazy Horse Saloon.  Respondent's determination of                      
          "unreported income" from an unidentified source in the amount of            
          $30,492 would increase petitioner's income another $9,590 to                
          $46,386.  In the absence of any BLS evidence regarding                      
          petitioner's cost of living, we believe that $36,796 was adequate           




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