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          is well established that the director of an Internal Revenue                
          service center is an authorized delegate, e.g., Hughes v. United            
          States, 953 F.2d 531, 536 (9th Cir. 1992); Nestor v.                        
          Commissioner, 118 T.C. 162 (2002); Weishan v. Commissioner,                 
          supra.  Moreover, petitioners had an opportunity to petition this           
          Court to dispute the liability reflected in the notice of                   
          deficiency but chose not to do so.                                          
               Petitioners argue further that they did not receive notice             
          and demand for payment.  We disagree.  Petitioners received                 
          numerous notices, including the final notice, and a Form 4340.              
          These notices and that form satisfied requirements of section               
          6303(a) by informing petitioners of the amount owed and by                  
          requesting payment.  Hughes v. United States, supra at 531;                 
          Schaper v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2002-203.                               
               For the foregoing reasons, we sustain respondent’s                     
          determination as to the proposed levy as a permissible exercise             
          of discretion.  We now turn to the requested penalty under                  
          section 6673.                                                               
               Section 6673(a)(1) authorizes the Court to require a                   
          taxpayer to pay to the United States a penalty not in excess of             
          $25,000 whenever it appears that proceedings have been instituted           
          or maintained by the taxpayer primarily for delay or that the               
          taxpayer’s position in such proceeding is frivolous or                      
          groundless.  We have indicated our willingness to impose such               
          penalties in collection review cases.  Roberts v. Commissioner,             




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