- 4 - On March 15, 2001, a Notice of Determination Concerning Collection Action(s) Under Section 6320 and/or 6330 was sent to petitioner. The notice stated in part: During your hearing your arguments consisted of disputing the assessment, notice and demand and receipt of the Statutory Notice of Deficiency. As explained to you during your hearing, you did not file your tax returns for the periods 1991, 1992 and 1993 and therefore the Service filed returns for you based on information filed with the IRS such as 1099 and W-2 information. A Statutory Notice of Deficiency was mailed to you at your last known address, therefore per IRC sec. 6330(c)(2)(B) you cannot challenge the amount or existence of the liability. At your request a transcript of your account will be sent to you verifying the legality of the assessment and the fact that payment has not been made. You offered no collection alternatives in your hearing even though you were requested to do so. You offered no other collection alternatives or challenges to the appropriateness of the collection actions and because you offered no collection alternatives to the lien and would not provide financial information so collection alternatives to the lien could be considered, it is the determination of the Appeals Office that the Director of the Service Center was correct when he determined the lien should be filed. In the petition, and in a subsequently filed Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction, petitioner alleged, among other things, that: (1) The Appeals officer was biased because he notified her that arguments in her request for a hearing were frivolous and without merit; (2) the Appeals officer “tried to intimidate * * * [her] with threat of court sanctions”; (3) the Appeals officer did not produce “verification from the SecretaryPage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Next
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