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          other than the standard deduction for single filing status, and a           
          deduction for one-half the self-employment tax determined by the            
          notice.                                                                     
               Also on November 18, 1998, respondent sent a statutory                 
          notice for 1993 to Ms. Ghavami, which stated that an identical              
          amount of unreported business gross receipts (i.e., $104,786) was           
          includable in her income.  At some time or times, Ms. Ghavami and           
          petitioner lived at the same address.                                       
               Approximately 1 year before respondent sent the notices to             
          petitioner and Ms. Ghavami, the Commissioner sent a statutory               
          notice to Universal for 1993.  The notice to Universal stated               
          that Universal had $21,711 of unreported gross receipts.  Because           
          Universal had reported $83,075 of gross receipts on its 1993                
          fiduciary income tax return (Form 1041), the notice reflected a             
          determination that Universal’s 1993 gross receipts were $104,786,           
          the same amount of income set forth in the notices sent to                  
          petitioner and Ms. Ghavami.3                                                
               The notice to Universal stated that the amount of unreported           
          gross receipts was determined using the bank deposits method.               


               3 The notice to Universal also disallowed, for lack of                 
          substantiation, Universal’s claimed deductions for $51,865 of               
          expenses and $31,210 of distributions.  Petitioner asserts that             
          if payments made to Universal are includable in his income, he is           
          entitled to deduct many of the expenses paid by Universal on his            
          behalf.  Respondent contends that almost all amounts paid by                
          Universal were petitioner’s nondeductible personal expenses, not            
          trade or business expenses.                                                 




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