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          to recharacterize any of the original deductions.  Sec. 6001;               
          sec. 1.6001-1(a), (e), Income Tax Regs.3                                    
               Reviewed and adopted as the report of the Small Tax Case               
          Division.                                                                   
                                             Decision will be entered                 
                                        for respondent.                               




























          3In the absence of substantiation or credible evidence                      
          regarding this issue, the burden of proof remains on petitioner             
          to show the existence of the business and his entitlement to the            
          deductions.  Sec. 7491(a); Rule 142(a).                                     




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