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                    Asset                        Equity                               
                    Checking account       $739                                       
                    Individual retirement  17,937                                     
                    account                                                           
                    Annuity                104,135                                    
                    1987 Honda Accord      340                                        
                    Dissipated asset       10,000                                     
                    Total                  133,151                                    

               3.   Summary                                                           
               Petitioners’ reasonable collection potential is $175,535.              
          Because their reasonable collection potential is greater than               
          their offer amount, we find that Mr. Owens’s rejection of                   
          petitioners’ offer-in-compromise based on doubt as to                       
          collectibility was not arbitrary or capricious.                             
          C.   Petitioners’ Other Arguments                                           
               1.   Information Sufficient for the Court To Review                    
                    Respondent’s Determination                                        
               Petitioners argue that respondent failed to provide the                
          Court with sufficient information “so that this Court can conduct           
          a thorough, probing, and in-depth review of respondent’s                    
          determinations.”  Petitioners’ argument is without merit.                   
               Generally, a taxpayer bears the burden of proving the                  
          Commissioner’s determinations incorrect.  Rule 142(a)(1); Welch             









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