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             Type        Period      Assessed      Statutory                          
             of Tax      Ending      Balance       Additions      Total               
             1040A     12-31-1995    $462.53        $105.63      $568.16              
             1040      12-31-1999   3,946.11        234.32       4,180.43             
               On or about September 28, 2000, in response to the notice of           
          intent to levy, petitioner filed Form 12153, Request for a                  
          Collection Due Process Hearing (Form 12153), and requested a                
          hearing with respondent’s Appeals Office (Appeals Office).                  
          Petitioner attached a document to his Form 12153 (petitioner’s              
          attachment to Form 12153) that contained statements, contentions,           
          arguments, and requests that the Court finds to be frivolous                
          and/or groundless.2                                                         
               On February 28, 2001, respondent’s Appeals officer (Appeals            
          officer) held an Appeals Office hearing with petitioner with                
          respect to the notice of intent to levy.  On May 8, 2001, the               
          Appeals officer held a second Appeals Office hearing (May 8, 2001           
          hearing) with petitioner with respect to the notice of intent to            
          levy.  At the May 8, 2001 hearing, petitioner provided the                  
          Appeals officer with a copy of Form 1040X, Amended U.S. Individ-            
          ual Income Tax Return, for his taxable year 1999 (amended 1999              
          return).  In his amended 1999 return, petitioner reported total             


               2Petitioner’s attachment to Form 12153 contained statements,           
          contentions, arguments, and requests that are similar to the                
          statements, contentions, arguments, and requests contained in the           
          attachments to Forms 12153 filed with the Internal Revenue                  
          Service by certain other taxpayers with cases in the Court.  See,           
          e.g., Copeland v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2003-46; Smith v.                
          Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2003-45.                                           





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