- 2 - Background Petitioner submitted to the Internal Revenue Service a Form 1040, U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, for 2001 listing only zeros; i.e., listing zero income and zero tax due. Respondent mailed petitioner a statutory notice of deficiency for 2001. Petitioner received the notice of deficiency for 2001. Petitioner, however, did not petition the Court regarding the notice of deficiency for 2001. On July 30, 2004, respondent sent petitioner a Notice of Federal Tax Lien Filing and Your Right to a Hearing (NFTL) with respect to 2001. The NFTL listed $33,108.45 of tax owed for 2001. The NFTL also listed section 6702 frivolous return penalties owed for 2000, 2001, and 2002. On or about August 14, 2004, petitioner sent respondent a Form 12153, Request for a Collection Due Process Hearing (hearing request). Attached to the hearing request, petitioner wrote that there were irregularities, errors and/or defects in the: Accounting records of the Internal Revenue Service, record of assessment, summary record of assessment, verification and validity of his tax liability, and returns prepared for or executed for him. Petitioner did not propose any collection alternatives. On October 29, 2004, Settlement Officer Wendy Clinger sent petitioner a letter advising him he would not receive a face-to-Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 10, 2007