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          Court setting forth criteria for determining when the                       
          Commissioner is raising a "new matter".  A synopsis of these                
          criteria is as follows:                                                     

                    A new theory that is presented to sustain a                       
               deficiency is treated as a new matter when it either                   
               alters the original deficiency or requires the                         
               presentation of different evidence.  * * *  A new                      
               theory which merely clarifies or develops the original                 
               determination is not a new matter in respect of which                  
               respondent bears the burden of proof.  * * * [Wayne                    
               Bolt & Nut Co. v. Commissioner, 93 T.C. 500, 507                       
               (1989); citations omitted.12]                                          

               Here, the relevant issues raised by respondent's notice of             
          deficiency are the total amount of business gross receipts and              
          whether petitioner is entitled to deductions that he claimed were           
          incurred in his business during 1992.  The only explanation                 
          stated in the notice of deficiency for increasing 1992 gross                
          receipts is that the adjustment was based on bank deposits.  All            
          these deposits were to the business account used for petitioner's           
          consulting business.  The only reason for disallowing business              
          deductions was that petitioner had not substantiated their                  
          deductibility.                                                              




               12See also Colonnade Condominium, Inc. v. Commissioner, 91             
          T.C. 793, 795 n.3 (1988); Achiro v. Commissioner, 77 T.C. 881,              
          890-891 (1981); Estate of Jayne v. Commissioner, 61 T.C. 744,               
          748-749 (1974); McSpadden v. Commissioner, 50 T.C. 478, 492-493             
          (1968).                                                                     




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