- 4 - On September 27, 2005, respondent’s Appeals Office sent a letter to petitioner explaining that a face-to-face hearing would not be granted because petitioner raised only frivolous or groundless arguments. The Appeals Office scheduled a telephone hearing for October 27, 2005, at 8:30 a.m. and instructed petitioner to call the phone number provided in the letter at the given time. In a letter dated October 6, 2005, petitioner argued that he never received a notice of deficiency for 1999 and disputed his tax liability for that year, but he stated that he did not want a hearing for 1990 through 1993. Petitioner also failed to call the Appeals officer on the scheduled hearing date, and the Appeals officer was unable to contact petitioner because petitioner failed to provide his phone number. On November 8, 2005, the Appeals officer issued to petitioner a Notice of Determination Concerning Collection Action(s) Under Section 6320 and/or 6330, in which the Appeals officer sustained the proposed collection action for 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1993. On December 6, 2005, petitioner mailed a letter to the Court that was received and filed on December 12, 2005, as an imperfect petition. The Court ordered petitioner to submit a proper amended petition because his original imperfect petition did not conform with the Rules. On February 6, 2006, the Court receivedPage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: March 27, 2008