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file. See, e.g., Taylor v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2004-25;
Leineweber v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2004-17; Armstrong v.
Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2002-224; Gougler v. Commissioner, T.C.
Memo. 2002-185; Mann v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2002-48. Thus,
a face-to-face meeting is not invariably required.
Regulations promulgated under section 6330 likewise
incorporate many of the foregoing concepts, as follows:
Q-D6. How are CDP hearings conducted?
A-D6. * * * CDP hearings * * * are informal in
nature and do not require the Appeals officer or
employee and the taxpayer, or the taxpayer’s
representative, to hold a face-to-face meeting. A CDP
hearing may, but is not required to, consist of a face-
to-face meeting, one or more written or oral
communications between an Appeals officer or employee
and the taxpayer or the taxpayer’s representative, or
some combination thereof. * * *
Q-D7. If a taxpayer wants a face-to-face CDP
hearing, where will it be held?
A-D7. The taxpayer must be offered an opportunity
for a hearing at the Appeals office closest to
taxpayer’s residence or, in the case of a business
taxpayer, the taxpayer’s principal place of business.
If that is not satisfactory to the taxpayer, the
taxpayer will be given an opportunity for a hearing by
correspondence or by telephone. If that is not
satisfactory to the taxpayer, the Appeals officer or
employee will review the taxpayer’s request for a CDP
hearing, the case file, any other written
communications from the taxpayer (including written
communications, if any, submitted in connection with
the CDP hearing), and any notes of any oral
communications with the taxpayer or the taxpayer’s
representative. Under such circumstances, review of
those documents will constitute the CDP hearing for the
purposes of section 6330(b). [Sec. 301.6330-1(d)(2),
Q&A-D6 and D7, Proced. & Admin. Regs.]
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