T.C. Memo. 2005-264
UNITED STATES TAX COURT
JOSEPH G. DOSTAL, Petitioner v.
COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
Docket No. 13090-04L. Filed November 16, 2005.
Robert M. Clegg, for petitioner.
Catherine L. Campbell, for respondent.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
WHALEN, Judge: Respondent issued a notice of
determination concerning collection action(s) under section
6320 and/or 6330 (notice of determination) sustaining a
levy on petitioner’s property to collect unpaid taxes for
taxable years 2000 and 2001. (Section references in this
opinion are to the Internal Revenue Code, as amended,
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unless stated otherwise.) The issue for decision is
whether the Appeals officer who made the determination
abused her discretion by rejecting an offer-in-compromise
made on petitioner’s behalf.
Background
The facts set out herein are taken from the
stipulation of facts filed by the parties and the exhibits
referred to therein. The stipulation of facts and the
exhibits filed by the parties are incorporated herein.
Petitioner resided in the State of Washington at the time
his petition in this case was filed.
Petitioner filed his separate individual income tax
return for taxable year 2000 on or about October 15,
2001, wherein he reported total tax of $137,465 and zero
payments. As of March 13, 2003, petitioner owed
$143,165.96 with respect to taxable year 2000.
Petitioner filed his separate individual income tax
return for taxable year 2001 on or about October 12, 2002.
In that return, he reported total tax of $51,622 and
Federal income tax withholding of $10,692, for balance
owing of $40,930. As of March 13, 2003, petitioner owed
$45,675.28 with respect to taxable year 2001. Petitioner’s
tax returns for taxable years 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003
are summarized in the appendix hereto.
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On or about March 18, 2003, respondent sent to
petitioner a Notice of Federal Tax Lien Filing and Your
Right to a Hearing Under IRC 6320 which stated that a
notice of Federal tax lien had been filed with respect to
taxable years 2000 and 2001 in the amounts of $143,165.96
and $45,675.28, respectively.
On the following day, March 19, 2003, respondent sent
to petitioner a final notice, Notice of Intent to Levy and
Notice of Your Right to a Hearing, with respect to the
amount petitioner owed for taxable year 2000. On the same
date, respondent sent a similar notice with respect to the
amount petitioner owed for taxable year 2001.
In response, petitioner timely filed a request for a
collection due process hearing. Petitioner’s request for
a hearing indicates his disagreement with respondent’s
“Notice of Levy/Seizure”. The hearing request does not
indicate petitioner’s disagreement with the notice of
Federal tax lien. Petitioner’s hearing request sets out
the following reasons for his disagreement with the notice
of levy/seizure:
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Notice of Levy/Seizure
1. The tax payer [sic], Mr. Joseph Dostal,
files this Collection Due Process Hearing
based on the grounds that he anticipates
an Offer in Compromise disputing the
collectability of the herein mentioned
tax but does not dispute the amount of
liability;
2. Tax Payer [sic] is currently experiencing
financial hardship and a levy it is felt
would constitute a substantial hardship
for tax payer [sic] and his family;
3. Upon further examination, taxpayer should
be placed in “non-collectability status”
during the pendency of this appeal.
As contemplated in his request for hearing, petitioner
submitted an offer-in-compromise approximately 4 months
later on August 20, 2003. Petitioner offered to pay
$20,000 to compromise the tax liabilities, plus any
interest, penalties, additions to tax, and additional
amounts required by law with respect to his individual
income tax for tax years “2000, 2001 & 2002”. As the
reason for submitting the offer-in-compromise, petitioner
checked the box entitled “Effective Tax Administration”,
which states as follows:
“I owe this amount and have sufficient assets to
pay the full amount, but due to my exceptional
circumstances, requiring full payment would cause
an economic hardship or would be unfair and
inequitable.” You must include a complete
Collection Information Statement, Form 433-A
and/or Form 433-B and complete Item 9.
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Contrary to petitioner’s hearing request, petitioner’s
offer-in-compromise did not raise doubt as to
collectibility as the basis of the offer.
Attached to petitioner’s offer-in-compromise is a
Form 433B, Collection Information Statement For Businesses,
for J. Dostal Investments, Inc. That form reports that
J. Dostal Investments, Inc., had business assets of de
minimis value, consisting of a computer and office
furniture, a checking account, and two brokerage accounts.
Section 7 of the form lists the following income and
expenses:
Total Income Gross Total Expenses Actual
Source Monthly Expense Items Monthly
19. Gross receipts $295,498 27. Materials purchased
20. Gross rental income 28. Inventory purchased
21. Interest 29. Gross wages & salaries $76,770
22. Dividends 30. Rent 6,300
Other income (specify 31. Supplies
in lines 23-25) 32. Utilities/telephone
23. 33. Vehicle gasoline/oil
24. 34. Repairs & maintenance
25. 35. Insurance
(Add lines 19 36. Current taxes 13,121
through 25) Other expenses
26. TOTAL INCOME 295,498 (include installment pay-
ments, specify in lines
37-38)
37. Statement 1, depreciation 26,447
38. Pension, interest expense 12,315
(Add lines 27 through 38)
39. TOTAL EXPENSES 134,953
Section 7 of Form 433-B calls for “monthly” income and
expenses. However, the income and expenses set forth on
Form 433-B appear to be computed on an annual basis. The
amounts set out on the form correlate with the income and
expenses reported on the income tax return filed on behalf
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of “J Dostal, Investment [sic], Inc.” on Form 1120S, U.S.
Income Tax Return for an S Corporation, for taxable year
2002. That tax return reports gross receipts of $295,498
and total deductions of $134,953 for ordinary income of
$160,545.
Also attached to petitioner’s offer-in-compromise is
a Form 433-A, Collection Information Statement for Wage
Earners and Self-Employed Individuals, for petitioner and
his wife. That form lists the following monthly income and
expenses for the couple:
Total Income Gross Total Expenses Actual
Source Monthly Expense Items Monthly
24. Wages (yourself) $5,400 35. Food, clothing and misc. $800
25. Wages (spouse) 36. Housing and utilities 1,942
26. Interest-dividends 37. Transportation 990
27. Net income from business 38. Health care 560
28. Net rental income 39. Taxes (income and FICA)
29. Pension/Social Security 40. Court ordered payments
(yourself)
30. Pension/Social Security 41. Child/dependent care
(spouse)
31. Child support 42. Life insurance
(Spouse)
32. Alimony 43. Other secured debt 500
33. Other 10,000 44. Other expenses 600
34. Total income 15,400 45. Total living expenses 5,972
Thus, the Form 433-A petitioner filed suggests that his
income exceeds living expenses by $9,428 per month before
income taxes. Form 433-A also lists the following assets
owned by petitioner and his wife:
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Checking accounts
Checking account (********1731) $825
Checking account (******63) 20 $845
Brokerage accounts
Brokerage account (******31CK) 9,000
Brokerage account (******07) 541 9,541
Investments
National securities SEP IRA 60,000
US Bank SEP IRA 14,000 74,000
Automobiles
Lexus, 2000 23,000
Loan -28,000
Kia, 1998 2,000
Loan -3,000
Ford truck, 1968 1,500
-4,500
Real estate
Arlington, VA residence 500,000
Loan -450,000 25,000
Personal assets
Furniture/personal effects 8,900
Jewelry 500 9,400
Business assets
Office furniture 2,000
Item 9 of the offer-in-compromise asks the taxpayer
to set forth the reasons the offer-in-compromise is
requested. In response, petitioner’s offer-in-compromise
refers to a cover letter written by petitioner’s attorney.
In that letter, petitioner’s attorney states as follows:
Mr. & Mrs. Dostal do not dispute the amount owed
and admittedly have sufficient assets and means
to pay this amount, within the short-term, but
due to several mitigating factors, and their need
for these funds to be used for his and his
family’s needs, it would be and would indeed
cause a sufficient economic hardship for my
clients and their family members.
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Petitioner’s attorney repeats his contention that
petitioner cannot part with the funds necessary to make
full payment because those funds will be needed, after his
retirement, to satisfy his medical and living expenses and
to support him, his wife, and his children. Petitioner’s
attorney states as follows:
given Mr. Dostal’s age and retirement needs,
future and current medical and living costs,
and projected retirement needs, he is required
to contribute a certain amount to his retirement
accounts to insure a modest living standard for
himself, his wife, and children.
Petitioner’s attorney summarizes petitioner’s position as
follows:
Considering Mr. Dostal’s age, his future
financial and health needs, his spouse and
children’s future financial needs, it is clear
that any and all savings, retirement savings
and the like, will be needed, and spent toward
their support, and the future support of their
children. The amount of taxes owed, the Dostal’s
[sic] present and future financial needs,
Mr. Dostal’s few remaining years or months of
employment remaining [sic], and their family
support needs, warrant approval of this Offer
in Compromise.
Petitioner’s attorney emphasizes that petitioner
had incurred unsecured debt in the aggregate amount of
approximately $203,000 and had monthly medical expenses
of approximately $1,000, consisting of medical insurance
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payments, copays, and costs of prescription medications.
Petitioner’s attorney suggests that petitioner’s total
monthly expenses are as follows:
Health insurance premium $560.00
Uninsured medical expenses 600.00
Unsecured debt finance charge 2,368.33
($203,000 at 14 percent)
Other expenses 3,000.00
Total expenses 6,528.33
Petitioner’s attorney does not reconcile the above monthly
expenses with those set forth on Form 433-A attached to
the offer-in-compromise, which shows total monthly living
expenses of $5,972.
Petitioner was approximately 63 years of age when the
offer-in-compromise was submitted on his behalf. He was
self-employed as a stock broker. He operated his business
through a subchapter S corporation, J Dostal Investments,
Inc., often referred to as J Dostal Investment, Inc.
Petitioner’s wife, Teresa Dostal, formerly Teresa S.
Fisher, was approximately 35 years of age at the time the
offer-in-compromise was submitted. Ms. Dostal was vice
president of J Dostal Investments, Inc., and owned
50 percent of that entity. She had a son, Adam, and a
daughter, Natalie, who were 11 and 9 years of age,
respectively, when the offer-in-compromise was submitted.
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In due course after submission of petitioner’s offer-
in-compromise, the Appeals officer wrote to petitioner
stating that she had been assigned petitioner’s hearing.
In her letter, the Appeals officer noted that petitioner
had submitted an offer-in-compromise, and she said that the
offer would be “considered as a part of your collection due
process hearing”. In that connection, the Appeals officer
stated as follows:
I have reviewed your offer and the financial
documentation submitted by your representative.
It does not appear based on upon [sic] the
provisions, conditions and examples provided
in the Internal Revenue Regulations section
301.7122-1(c)(3) and in the Internal Revenue
Manual section 5.8.22.2(4), that you qualify
for an Effective Tax Administration Offer in
Compromise due to economic hardship. I will be
happy to discuss other alternative collection
options with you, such as an installment
agreement.
Petitioner’s attorney met with the Appeals officer
in her office on April 20, 2004. Following that meeting,
petitioner’s attorney sent the Appeals officer a letter
dated May 5, 2004, transmitting various documents which
the Appeals officer had requested. Among the documents
were statements from two brokerage firms, National
Securities Corp. and Piper Jaffray, which show that as
of March 31, 2004, petitioner and his wife had brokerage
accounts valued at $179,836.67, as follows:
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3/31/04
National Securities Corp., acct. for Teresa S. Fisher $2,145.00
National Securities Corp., acct. for Joe Dostal 139,580.70
Piper Jaffray, acct. for Joe Dostal 3,484.70
Piper Jaffray, retirement acct. for Joe G. Dostal 34,541.63
Piper Jaffray, acct. for Teresa S. Fisher 84.64
179,836.67
In his letter of May 5, 2004, petitioner’s attorney, among
other things, disclosed to the Appeals officer that
“Mr. Dostal has a tax liability for 2003, of roughly
$70,000.00 and intends to pay this with funds on hand;
namely, funds from his retirement account(s).”
At that time, petitioner had requested the first of
two extensions to file his return for 2003. Petitioner’s
return would not be filed until on or about October 14,
2004, more than 5 months later. As filed, the return
reported total tax of $11,575 and Federal income tax
withholding of $6,415, leaving an amount due of $5,160.
See appendix. The record does not explain why petitioner’s
attorney advised the Appeals officer that petitioner’s tax
liability for 2003 was $70,000.
Shortly thereafter, during a telephone conference,
the Appeals officer advised petitioner’s attorney that she
could not consider petitioner’s offer-in-compromise, as a
collection alternative because petitioner had incurred
unpaid tax liabilities for tax year 2003. The Appeals
officer gave petitioner’s attorney a short time to request
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another collection alternative. In response, petitioner’s
attorney proposed that petitioner enter into an installment
agreement. The Appeals officer responded that certain
conditions must be met before she would consider an
installment agreement. These included “payment in full for
the amount determined to be owed for the tax year 2003,
including the estimated tax penalty computed to be due”, a
substantial payment of petitioner’s tax liability for
taxable years 2000 and 2001, and submission of copies of
the Forms W-2, Wage and Tax Statement, for petitioner and
his wife for taxable year 2003. Petitioner’s attorney
notified the Appeals officer that petitioner could not meet
the specified conditions for entry into an installment
agreement.
In due course, the Appeals officer issued her
determination that “the Notice of Intent to Levy and the
proposed collection action was appropriate.” In an
attachment to the notice of determination, the Appeals
officer summarized her discussions with petitioner’s
attorney, the most significant of which are summarized as
follows:
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During our conference, we advised that you did
not qualify for an ETA offer [an offer in
compromise based upon Effective Tax Administra-
tion] because you had not demonstrated that you
had an undue hardship as defined under the Code
of Federal Regulations Section 6343-1. We
advised that you had the ability to full pay
your tax liability and we proposed that your
representative ask you to consider an installment
agreement and/or liquidation of your retirement
accounts in order to satisfy the tax liability.
We asked your representative to provide us with
some additional documentation which included a
draft of your Form 1040 for 2003. We advised
that you could not owe a balance due if you still
wished to pursue an offer.
On May 10, 2004 we received some additional
documentation from your representative. In his
cover letter, your representative advised us that
you were going to owe $70,000.00 for the tax year
2003 and intended to pay the amount due with
funds from your retirement accounts.
On May 19, 2004 and May 25, 2004, we held
telephone conferences with your representative
and advised that we could no longer consider an
offer because you had not complied with your
payment requirements and had incurred another
liability while your offer was being considered.
We noted that the current balance in your
retirement accounts was approximately
$178,000.00. Your representative asked if you
could enter into an installment agreement. We
advised that we would consider an installment
agreement if you paid your 2003 tax year in full,
made a substantial payment towards your tax
liability for 2000 and 2001, and provided some
missing documentation in order to determine the
precise amount of your monthly installment
payment. * * *
Your representative advised that he would
discuss the proposal with you. We asked to be
contacted by June 1, 2001 [sic]. On May 26, 2004
we sent and faxed a letter to your representative
outlining the terms under which we could consider
an installment agreement. On June 1, 2004, your
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representative contacted us and advised that you
could not meet the terms of our proposal. He
asked us to issue a notice of determination to
you.
Discussion
Before a levy can be made on any property or right to
property, the Commissioner is obligated to provide the
taxpayer with notice of the Commissioner’s intent to levy
and notice of the taxpayer’s right to a fair hearing before
an impartial officer of the Appeals Office. Secs. 6330(a)
and (b) and 6331(d). If the taxpayer requests a section
6330 hearing, he or she may raise in that hearing any
relevant issue relating to the unpaid tax or the proposed
levy, including appropriate spousal defenses, challenges to
the appropriateness of the collection actions, and “offers
of collection alternatives, which may include the posting
of a bond, the substitution of other assets, an installment
agreement, or an offer-in-compromise.” Sec. 6330(c)(2)(A).
A determination is then made which takes into consideration
those issues, the verification that the requirements of
applicable law and administrative procedures have been met,
and “whether any proposed collection action balances the
need for the efficient collection of taxes with the
legitimate concern of the person that any collection action
be no more intrusive than necessary.” Sec. 6330(c)(3).
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In this case, petitioner’s position is that
respondent abused his discretion in the subject notice
of determination, which sustained the proposed collection
action for 2000 and 2001, because respondent refused to
process petitioner’s offer-in-compromise. Thus, the only
issue in this case involves a collection alternative,
petitioner’s offer-in-compromise. We review the
determination for an abuse of discretion because the
underlying tax liability is not at issue. Lunsford v.
Commissioner, 117 T.C. 183, 185 (2001); Nicklaus v.
Commissioner, 117 T.C. 117, 120 (2001).
Section 7122(a) authorizes the Secretary to compromise
any civil case arising under the internal revenue laws.
The regulations set forth three grounds for the compromise
of a liability: (1) Doubt as to liability; (2) doubt as
to collectibility; or (3) promotion of effective tax
administration. Sec. 301.7122-1(b), Proced. & Admin.
Regs.; see sec. 7122(c)(1). Neither doubt as to liability
nor doubt as to collectibility is at issue in the instant
case.
The Secretary may compromise a liability to promote
“effective tax administration” when: (1) Collection of the
full liability would cause the taxpayer economic hardship
within the meaning of section 301.6343-1, Proced. & Admin.
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Regs.; or (2) exceptional circumstances exist such that
collection of the full liability would be detrimental to
voluntary compliance by taxpayers; and (3) compromise of
the liability will not undermine compliance by taxpayers
with tax laws. Sec. 301.7122-1(b)(3), Proced. & Admin.
Regs.; see 2 Administration, Internal Revenue Service
(CCH), section 5.8.11.2, at 16,385-3 (taxpayer’s liability
may be eligible for compromise to promote effective tax
administration if the taxpayer is not eligible for
compromise based on doubt as to liability or doubt as to
collectibility, and taxpayer has exceptional circumstances
to merit the offer). Under section 301.6343-1(b)(4)(i),
Proced. & Admin. Regs., a levy creates economic hardship
“if satisfaction of the levy in whole or in part will cause
an individual taxpayer to be unable to pay his or her
reasonable basic living expenses.”
Petitioner contends for three reasons that respondent
abused his discretion by refusing to accept petitioner’s
offer-in-compromise. First, petitioner contends that the
Appeals officer “was without basis in determining that
Mr. Dostal was in substantial non-compliance.” As we
understand petitioner’s brief, he complains that the
Appeals officer “declined to consider” his offer-in-
compromise because of petitioner’s “noncompliance with
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tax filings.” Petitioner emphasizes that, contrary to the
determination of the Appeals officer, he “has filed all of
his prior tax returns, including a validly filed automatic
extension for his 2003 tax return and the 2003 return
itself.” Petitioner acknowledges that his attorney had
thought that his tax liability for the year was $70,000.
Petitioner notes that, in fact, the liability “was actually
much lower and taxpayer has paid the liability.”
Second, petitioner asserts that the Appeals officer
abused her discretion because she “summarily rejected” the
offer-in-compromise “and demanded the taxpayer enter into
an installment agreement.” According to petitioner the
Appeals officer took this action “without making the
required financial analysis.” Petitioner contends that the
Appeals officer “rejected this offer outright because the
taxpayer’s OIC (offer-in-compromise) showed the ability to
pay the taxes in full.” Petitioner complains that
the IRS failed to even consider what affect [sic]
on the taxpayer, and his family, would be [sic]
by him using his meager retirement account to
satisfy the tax obligation, and insisted that the
2003 obligation be cured, and that a sub-stantial
down payment be made on the 2000 and 2001 tax
liability amounting to $139,000.00 as of June 1,
2004.
Petitioner also complains that the Appeals officer failed
to take into account the “schedules of national and local
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allowances”, referred to in section 7122(c)(2), and failed
to determine, based upon the facts and circumstances of
this case, whether it was appropriate to use those
schedules.
For his last reason, petitioner argues that “the
financial information clearly showed that the IRS’
settlement demands would be an undue hardship on the
taxpayer and his family, and basically force them into the
streets.” In effect, petitioner is arguing that collection
of the full liability for tax years 2000 and 2001 would
cause petitioner and his family economic hardship within
the meaning of section 301.6343-1, Proced. & Admin. Regs.
Thus, it appears that petitioner is relying on section
301.7122-1(b)(3)(i), Proced. & Admin. Regs., to support his
contention that respondent should have accepted his offer-
in-compromise. Petitioner has identified no “compelling
public policy or equity considerations”, applicable to his
tax liability for taxable years 2000 and 2001, that would
provide a basis to apply section 301.7122-1(b)(3)(ii),
Proced. & Admin. Regs.
We disagree with each of petitioner’s points and, for
the reasons set out below, we find that the determination
to proceed with collection of petitioner’s tax for 2000
and 2001 was not an abuse of respondent’s discretion.
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First, contrary to petitioner’s assertion, the Appeals
officer did not suspend her consideration of the offer-in-
compromise because petitioner had failed to meet his filing
requirements. Rather, the Appeals officer took that action
after petitioner’s attorney disclosed that petitioner’s
unpaid tax liability for 2003 was $70,000. The Appeals
officer had no reason to doubt this disclosure and no way
of knowing that petitioner’s return, when it was filed
approximately 5 months later, would report an unpaid tax
liability of $5,160. In response to that disclosure, the
Appeals officer advised petitioner’s attorney that she
could no longer consider the offer-in-compromise because
petitioner had not complied with the “payment requirements”
for his 2003 return.
In this case, we cannot fault the Appeals officer for
her concern about the fact that petitioner had, according
to his attorney, allowed a substantial additional tax
liability to accrue for 2003 without payment. For example,
in Orum v. Commissioner, 412 F.3d 819, 821 (7th Cir. 2005),
affg. 123 T.C. 1 (2004), the court stated as follows:
It would not do the Treasury any good if
taxpayers used the money owed for 2004 to pay
taxes due for 1998, the money owned for 2005 to
pay taxes for 1999, and so on. That would spawn
more collection cycles yet leave a substantial
unpaid balance. The Service’s goal is to reduce
and ultimately eliminate the entire tax debt,
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which can be done only if current taxes are paid
while old tax debts are retired. Whether that
goal is best achieved by levy rather than by
allowing second chances is the sort of decision
committed to executive officials. * * *
As the court noted in the above case, a taxpayer’s failure
to keep current on his tax payments suggests that the
taxpayer had decided “to prefer consumption over meeting
[his] legal obligations.” Id.
Second, petitioner’s assertion that the Appeals
officer “summarily rejected” petitioner’s offer-in-
compromise is contradicted by the record. The stipulation
of facts filed by the parties states that the Appeals
officer “reviewed the offer-in-compromise and supporting
information which had been submitted to the Memphis Service
Center.” Furthermore, the Appeals officer’s first letter
to petitioner states as follows:
I have reviewed your offer and the financial
documentation submitted by your representative.
It does not appear, based on upon [sic] the
provisions, conditions, and examples provided
in the Internal Revenue Regulations section
301.7122-1(c)(3) and the Internal Revenue Manual
section 5.8.22.2(4), that you qualify for an
effective tax administration offer in compromise
due to economic hardship.
According to the attachment to the notice of
determination, the Appeals officer also advised
petitioner’s attorney during their conference that
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petitioner had not demonstrated undue hardship as defined
by section 301.6343-1(b)(4)(i), Proced. & Admin. Regs.
At that conference, the Appeals officer suggested that
petitioner consider “an installment agreement and/or
liquidation of your retirement accounts in order to
satisfy the tax liability.” The Appeals officer also sent
petitioner and his attorney a letter setting forth certain
conditions, such as full payment for petitioner’s 2003
tax liability, to continue consideration of collection
alternatives. Our review of the record fails to show any
basis for the assertion that the Appeals officer “summarily
rejected” petitioner’s offer-in-compromise.
Finally, we do not agree with petitioner’s assertion
that collection of the full tax liability for taxable years
2000 and 2001 would cause petitioner and his family
economic hardship within the meaning of section 301.6343-1,
Proced. & Admin. Regs. The financial information
petitioner submitted with his offer-in-compromise
demonstrates that petitioner had a robust earning capacity
through his stock brokerage business. The Form 433-A
submitted with petitioner’s offer-in-compromise suggests
that his income exceeded living expenses by $9,428 per
month before income taxes. Certainly, monthly income in
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that amount is more than enough to finance the payment of
petitioner’s unpaid taxes for 2000 and 2001.
Petitioner’s contention that he faced economic
hardship from collection of his full tax liability for
taxable years 2000 and 2001 appears to be based upon the
assertion that he planned to retire from his stock
brokerage business. In that event, as we understand
petitioner’s contention, he would have no business income,
and collection of his full tax liability for 2000 and 2001
would deprive him of those assets and a means of support
for himself and his family. We note that petitioner’s
retirement is not required for health reasons or any
external cause. Petitioner’s complaint boils down to the
fact that if collection of his full tax liability for
taxable years 2000 and 2001 is required, then petitioner
will have to delay his retirement plans. We agree with
the Appeals officer that petitioner has not shown that
requiring full payment would cause economic hardship.
To reflect the foregoing,
Decision will be
entered for respondent.
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APPENDIX
Taxable Year 2000 2001 2002 2003
7 Wages -- $27,000 $48,600 $16,200
8 Taxable interest $401 421 143 34
Tax-exempt interest
9 Ordinary dividends -- 150 -- 1
10 Taxable refunds, etc. -- -- -- --
11 Alimony received -- -- -- --
12 Business income or (loss) 140,997 -- -- --
13 Capital gain or (loss) 279,089 -1,500 -1,500 -1,500
14 Other gains or (losses) -- -36,535 -- --
15 Total IRA distributions 53,400 110,035 29,000 --
16 Total pensions and annuities -- -- -- --
17 Rental real estate, royalties, -- 120,954 78,408 96,881
partnerships, S corps., etc.
18 Farm income or (loss) -- -- -- --
19 Unemployment compensation -- -- -- --
20 Social Security benefits -- -- -- --
21 Other income _______ _______ _______ _______
22 Total income 473,887 220,525 154,651 111,616
23 IRA deduction -- -- -- --
24 Student loan interest deduction -- -- -- --
25 Medical savings account deduction -- -- -- --
26 Moving expenses -- -- -- --
27 One-half of self-employment tax 8,501 -- -- --
28 Self-employment health ins. deduction 2,784 -- -- 1,776
29 Self-employed SEP, SIMPLE, and 25,500 -- -- 6,480
qualified plans
30 Penalty on early withdrawal of savings -- -- 1,243 --
31 Alimony paid _______ _______ _______ _______
32 Total adjustments 36,785 -- 1,243 8,256
33 Adjusted gross income 437,102 220,525 153,408 103,360
Itemized deductions 84,239 52,748 82,016 38,382
Exemptions -- –- 540 6,100
Taxable income 352,863 167,777 70,852 58,878
Tax 120,464 51,622 16,468 11,575
Self-employment tax 17,001
Total tax 137,465 51,622 16,468 11,575
Federal income tax withheld from -- 10,692 19,246 6,415
Forms W-2 and 1099
Estimated payments -- -- -- –
Total payments -- 10,692 19,246 6,415
Amount owed, not including 137,728 40,930 -- 5,160
estimated tax penalty
Amount overpaid -- -- -2,778 --