- 7 - Appeals Office received the file. On August 5, 2003, the assessment date was entered into the IRS’s computer system. On August 25, 2003, the IRS assessed deficiencies in petitioner’s income tax, with interest, as follows: For 1998, a deficiency of $2,308 and $833.54 of accrued interest (interest calculated from April 16, 1999, to August 25, 2003); for 1999, a deficiency of $26,916 and $6,885.15 of accrued interest (interest calculated from April 16, 2000, to August 25, 2003); for 2000, a deficiency of $34,328 and $4,948.79 of accrued interest (interest calculated from April 16, 2001, to August 25, 2003). On September 22, 2003, petitioner filed Form 843, Claim for Refund and Request for Abatement. Petitioner requested interest abatement as follows: For 1998, $312.55 of interest abatement; for 1999, $3,430.19 of interest abatement; and for 2000, $3,648.65 of interest abatement. Subsequently, the IRS sent petitioner a letter stating that petitioner’s request for interest abatement had been forwarded to respondent’s Memphis Office for review. After assignment of the request for interest abatement to Revenue Agent Susan Harbin (Agent Harbin) in Jacksonville, Florida, on September 29, 2004, Agent Harbin suspended the interest which had accrued during a portion of the examination and otherwise proposed to deny petitioner’s request for interestPage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: March 27, 2008