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liability, generally challenging the income tax laws, have been
of a patently frivolous nature and warrant no further comment.
See Crain v. Commissioner, 737 F.2d 1417, 1417 (5th Cir. 1984)
(“We perceive no need to refute these arguments with somber
reasoning and copious citation of precedent; to do so might
suggest that these arguments have some colorable merit.”).
3. Review for Abuse of Discretion
Petitioner has also made various arguments relating to
aspects of the assessment and collection procedures that we
review for abuse of discretion. Action constitutes an abuse of
discretion under this standard where arbitrary, capricious, or
without sound basis in fact or law. Woodral v. Commissioner, 112
T.C. 19, 23 (1999).
Federal tax assessments are formally recorded on a record of
assessment in accordance with section 6203. The Commissioner is
not required to use Form 23C in making an assessment. Roberts v.
Commissioner, 118 T.C. at 369-371. Furthermore, section
6330(c)(1) mandates neither that the Appeals officer rely on a
particular document in satisfying the verification requirement
nor that the Appeals officer actually give the taxpayer a copy of
the verification upon which he or she relied. Craig v.
Commissioner, 119 T.C. 252, 262 (2002); Nestor v. Commissioner,
118 T.C. at 166.
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