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          entered into an installment agreement with respondent to pay the            
          tax liabilities, no payments were made.                                     
               On April 16, 2000, petitioners filed a claim for refund for            
          1997 based on zero entries for all categories of income.                    
          Respondent denied the claim by letter dated June 21, 2000,                  
          stating:  “The amounts you received are gross income, as defined            
          by the Internal Revenue Code”.  On July 15, 2000, petitioners               
          sent respondent a letter requesting information and demanding               
          proof of respondent’s authority.  Petitioners also requested that           
          a meeting be scheduled.                                                     
               On December 13, 2000, Jerry Arthur Jewett (Mr. Jewett)                 
          executed a Form 2848, Power of Attorney and Declaration of                  
          Representative, on behalf of petitioners.                                   
               A Final Notice--Notice of Intent to Levy and Notice of Your            
          Right to a Hearing was sent to petitioners on March 13, 2001.               
          The tax owed for 1997 with penalties and interest, as set forth             
          in the final notice, was $13,378.  On April 7, 2001, petitioners            
          filed a Form 12153, Request for a Collection Due Process Hearing,           
          that included a 19-page letter signed by Mr. Jewett.  The letter            
          asserted tax-protester boilerplate, including:                              
                    1.  The individual or individuals named above are                 
               not “persons or a person” liable for the income tax or                 
               required to file a Form 1040, by virtue of non-                        
               residence in, or lack of income earned within, or                      
               effectively connected to, any U.S. Territory,                          
               Possession and/or enclave deriving authority from                      
               Article I, Sec. 2 Cl. 17 or Article 4, Sec. 3, Cl.2 of                 
               the Constitution of the United States.  The individual                 





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