- 10 - posting of a bond, the substitution of other assets, an installment agreement, or an offer-in-compromise. (B) Underlying liability.--The person may also raise at the hearing challenges to the existence or amount of the underlying tax liability for any tax period if the person did not receive any statutory notice of deficiency for such tax liability or did not otherwise have an opportunity to dispute such tax liability. Once the Appeals officer has issued a determination regarding the disputed collection action, section 6330(d) allows the taxpayer to seek judicial review in the Tax Court or a District Court, depending on the type of tax involved. In considering whether taxpayers are entitled to any relief from the Commissioner’s determination, this Court has established the following standard of review: where the validity of the underlying tax liability is properly at issue, the Court will review the matter on a de novo basis. However, where the validity of the underlying tax liability is not properly at issue, the Court will review the Commissioner’s administrative determination for abuse of discretion. [Sego v. Commissioner, 114 T.C. 604, 610 (2000).] II. Analysis 1. Review of Underlying Liabilities As the Court observed in Newstat v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2004-208, petitioner would be entitled to dispute the underlying liability shown on his filed tax return for 1999. See Montgomery v. Commissioner, 122 T.C. 1, 9 (2004). In that connection, petitioner has repeatedly alluded to his entitlement toPage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Next
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