- 3 - attachments which contained nothing but frivolous tax protester arguments. On April 19, 2005, petitioner sent respondent a letter captioned “Supplemental Letter to Request for Collection Due Process Hearing”, in which petitioner continued to assert frivolous arguments. Respondent’s Appeals officer reviewed petitioner’s correspondence and determined that all of petitioner’s contentions were frivolous. On July 5, 2005, respondent’s Appeals officer sent petitioner a letter in which respondent notified petitioner that respondent had received petitioner’s request for a section 6330 hearing and scheduled a telephone conference for August 11, 2005, at 2:30 p.m. Respondent also offered petitioner the opportunity to reschedule the telephone conference and the opportunity to conduct the section 6330 hearing through correspondence. Respondent’s letter also directed petitioner to an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) publication, “The Truth About Frivolous Tax Arguments”, available on the IRS’s Web site. In letters dated July 19, 23, 25, 27, and 30, 2005, petitioner continued to assert only frivolous tax protester arguments. On August 11, 2005, the date of the scheduled telephone conference, respondent’s Appeals officer attempted to contact petitioner but was unsuccessful. Following the unsuccessful attempt to contact petitioner, respondent’s Appeals officerPage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Next
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