- 4 - The Appeals officer accepted, as presented on the “updated” Form 433-A, petitioner’s total joint monthly income amount of $3,832. He accepted as necessary joint monthly “living expenses” the amounts claimed or substantiated by petitioner for “Food, Clothing and Miscellaneous, Housing and Utilities, Transportation, Health Care, Taxes, and Court Ordered Payments” to his former wife. The Appeals officer did not accept as necessary living expenses, unverified “other” expenses of $200, and he allowed only $160 of claimed credit card expenses of $200. The allowed monthly joint necessary living expenses amounted to $3,440, or $392 less than monthly income. The Appeals officer reviewing the case informed petitioner that he was going to recommend that the levy action be sustained because petitioner was able to pay more toward his tax liabilities than he had offered. Petitioner was invited to submit a new OIC if his financial conditions were to change, and he was admonished to file with remittance a Federal income tax return for 2004, which at that time remained unfiled. The Appeals team manager, in a separate letter, informed petitioner that his OIC was rejected because “an amount larger than the OIC appears to be collectible. We do not have authority to accept an OIC in these circumstances.”Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Next
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