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		<title>State Taxpayers, Johns, Guilty Until Proven Innocent</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2011/10/15/innocent-until-proven-guilty-not-when-it-comes-to-state-taxes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2011/10/15/innocent-until-proven-guilty-not-when-it-comes-to-state-taxes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 14:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legislative Watch]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[kimberly mitchelll commissioner]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.pappastax.com/?p=27413</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Several months ago vice squads in West Palm Beach, Florida began the practice of giving local beat reporters the names and mugshots of men who had been arrested for allegedly soliciting prostitutes. I believed then, and still do, that in a country that declares a man to be innocent until proven guilty, the practice is illegal.¹ The reporters, of course, maintain that they have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IRS Use of Tax Liens Often Violates its Stated Mission</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2011/10/06/irs-lien-procedure-must-change/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2011/10/06/irs-lien-procedure-must-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 02:48:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[IRS Liens and Levies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IRS procedure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxpayer Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abuse of power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[danshera cords]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[irs abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IRS liens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[notice of federal tax lien]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paul caron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax lien]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taxpayer bill of rights]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.pappastax.com/?p=27139</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Paul Caron discusses Danshera Cords&#8217; Brandeis Law Review article Lien on Me: Virtual Debtors Prisons, The Practical Effects of Tax Liens and Proposals for Reform, 49 Brandeis L.J. 341 (2011): This Article discusses the harm that a notice of federal tax lien can cause an individual as a result of the effect of filing a notice of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beware IRS Employees Who Have Power But Lack Status</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2011/09/26/beware-irs-employees-who-have-power-but-lack-status/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2011/09/26/beware-irs-employees-who-have-power-but-lack-status/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[IRS procedure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxpayer Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[irs employees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nathan fast]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following will come as no suprirse to anyone who has spent any amount of time dealing with the IRS and other government agencies. Michael Martinez of CNN writes: A new study by three universities shows that people holding positions of power with low status tend to demean others, one of the authors said. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IRS Fails to Timely Respond to Taxpayer Inquiries</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2011/08/10/irs-fails-to-timely-respond-to-taxpayer-inquiries/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2011/08/10/irs-fails-to-timely-respond-to-taxpayer-inquiries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:18:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[IRS procedure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxpayer Rights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[WebCPA once again reports that the IRS is not following its own rules: The Internal Revenue Service isn’t meeting a self-imposed 30-day deadline of responding to written inquiries from taxpayers, according to a new report. The report, from the Treasury Inspector General of Tax Administration, found that of 73 correspondence cases sampled from the IRS’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s the Spending not the Tax Cuts, Stupid.</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2011/06/23/its-the-spending-not-the-tax-cuts-stupid/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2011/06/23/its-the-spending-not-the-tax-cuts-stupid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics of Taxes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bush tax cuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deficits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[out of control spending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spending cuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax policy blog]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[William McBride of the Tax Policy Blog once again explains that the primary cause of the increasing deficit is spending cuts and not the Bush tax cuts: The CBO does not mince words.  Health care spending is at the core of our budget deficits, and any serious discussion should address that.  For more on why [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nearly 40% of IRS Seizures are Illegal</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2011/06/16/nearly-40-of-irs-seizures-are-illegal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2011/06/16/nearly-40-of-irs-seizures-are-illegal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 21:24:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[IRS procedure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxpayer Rights]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[paul caron]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.pappastax.com/?p=22228</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This doesn&#8217;t come as a surprise to me, but it&#8217;s still disturbing. The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration has released its Fiscal Year 2011 Review of Compliance With Legal Guidelines When Conducting Seizures of Taxpayers’ Property (2011-30-049). It found that the IRS failed to follow the law in 38% of all seizures. In conducting its statutory [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tax Avoidance is Perfectly Legal</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2011/03/21/tax-avoidance-is-perfectly-legal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2011/03/21/tax-avoidance-is-perfectly-legal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:47:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tax Crimes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxes 101]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxpayer Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gregory v helvering]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Appeals Court Judge Learned Hand famously wrote in Helvering v. Gregory, 69 F.2d 809 (1934) that, [A]nyone may arrange his affairs so that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which best pays the treasury. There is not even a patriotic duty to increase one’s taxes. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IRS Collection Officials Intentionally Mislead Taxpayers</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2010/05/16/irs-collection-officials-intentionally-mislead-taxpayers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2010/05/16/irs-collection-officials-intentionally-mislead-taxpayers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 15:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[IRS procedure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[irs representation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[irs right to counsel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax advise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax representation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Often, when a taxpayer speaks to a low-level IRS official about a tax issue the official tells him one or more of the following: You must pay the debt or you will be criminally prosecuted If you don&#8217;t pay the debt in full within so many days, your assets will be seized It&#8217;s a waste of money to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taxpayer Representative Disbarred While Federal Tax Scofflaws Keep Their Jobs</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2010/03/05/taxpayer-counsel-disbarred-while-federal-tax-scofflaws-keep-their-jobs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2010/03/05/taxpayer-counsel-disbarred-while-federal-tax-scofflaws-keep-their-jobs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:47:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legislative Watch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxpayer Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal tax deadbeats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kevin kilduff]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.pappastax.com/?p=14987</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Kilduff has been stopped by the IRS from making a living for two years because he filed a few tax returns late, but real tax scofflaws get to keep their federal jobs.  From Justin Higginbottom of Tax Policy Blog: From Politico: Chaffetz will introduce legislation Thursday that would allow Hill offices to get rid of the hundreds of Senate and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Tax Lawyer Suspended from Practice, Accuses IRS of Retaliation</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2010/03/05/top-tax-lawyer-suspended-from-practice-accuses-irs-of-retaliation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2010/03/05/top-tax-lawyer-suspended-from-practice-accuses-irs-of-retaliation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:08:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[IRS procedure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regulation of Tax Preparers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxpayer Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[irs representatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[irs retaliation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kevin kilduff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[office of professional responsibility]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[paul caron]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.pappastax.com/?p=14967</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Clarence Earl Gideon must be turning over in his grave. Imagine a judicial system where criminal prosecutors had the power to disbar criminal defense lawyers. How long do you think it would take the United States Supreme Court to issue a unanimous decision declaring that system unconstitutional? Yet the IRS is empowered to punish with the full force [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Girls Gone Wild Founder Joe Francis Spanked with $34 Million Tax Lien</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2009/11/20/girls-gone-wild-founder-joe-francis-spanked-with-34-million-tax-lien/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2009/11/20/girls-gone-wild-founder-joe-francis-spanked-with-34-million-tax-lien/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:33:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[IRS Liens and Levies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[WebCPA reports that our pal Joe Francis - the shaper of young teenage minds and other stuff - is being forced into bankruptcy by a whopping $34 million IRS lien: [The] CEO of the company that produces the racy “Girls Gone Wild” video series, is in trouble with the IRS again only weeks after a judge sentenced [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>IRS Failed to Answer 22 Million Taxpayer Calls</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2009/10/07/irs-failed-to-answer-22-million-taxpayer-calls/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2009/10/07/irs-failed-to-answer-22-million-taxpayer-calls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:26:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxpayer Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[irs hotline]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.pappastax.com/?p=10213</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have had IRS agents bypass my power of attorney because I didn&#8217;t return their phone calls the same day my office received them. Now it seems that our favorite federal bureaucracy holds taxpayers and their professionals to a much higher standard than it holds itself. The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) reports that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IRS Horror Stories</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2009/08/07/irs-horror-stories/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2009/08/07/irs-horror-stories/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:19:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tax Collections]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[irs abuse]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fellow CPA and tax blogger Monica Lawver writes about the wackiness of some IRS agents: Seems the news is flooded these days with stories of IRS agents and their various shenanigans. I hope stories like these convince people with IRS trouble to seek the help of a qualified tax professional! In a perfect world, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tax Lawyer Gets Response to Letter to Commissioner Re: IRS Disregard of Right to Counsel</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2009/07/21/tax-lawyer-gets-response-to-letter-to-commissioner-re-irs-disregard-of-right-to-counsel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2009/07/21/tax-lawyer-gets-response-to-letter-to-commissioner-re-irs-disregard-of-right-to-counsel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:53:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxpayer Rights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is an excerpt from a blog post I wrote several months ago describing the conduct of an IRS agent that had prompted me to write a letter of complaint to the Commissioner of the IRS: It happened again. A-friggin-gain!!!! On Friday a corporate client of mine wrote me the following email after she received [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Tax Lawyer&#8217;s Letter to IRS Commissioner Shulman on IRS Abuse of Right to Taxpayer Counsel</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2009/04/13/the-tax-lawyers-letter-to-irs-commissioner-shulman-on-irs-abuse-of-right-to-taxpayer-counsel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2009/04/13/the-tax-lawyers-letter-to-irs-commissioner-shulman-on-irs-abuse-of-right-to-taxpayer-counsel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:25:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxpayer Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[irs abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[irs collection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IRS harassment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taxpayer right to counsel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have finally completed the first draft of my letter to The Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Doug Shulman. A complete copy is provided below. See my previous post titled The Tax Lawyer to Petition IRS Commissioner re: Taxpayer Right to Representation for a discussion of what prompted me to write this letter. I invite any taxpayers or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update on the Tax Lawyer&#8217;s Petition to Commissioner on IRS Right to Counsel Abuses</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2009/04/03/update-on-the-tax-lawyers-petition-to-commissioner-on-irs-right-to-counsel-abuses/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2009/04/03/update-on-the-tax-lawyers-petition-to-commissioner-on-irs-right-to-counsel-abuses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:17:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxpayer Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[irs abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IRS harassment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[irs retaliation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[right to representation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.pappastax.com/?p=4019</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I told you that I am preparing a petition to be sent to IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman about the serial abuse by IRS Revenue Agents of taxpayers&#8217; right to representation. I appreciate the emails and comments I received from several tax practitioners who have had similar experiences with rogue IRS agents. I have obtained an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Tax Lawyer to Petition IRS Commissioner re: Taxpayer Right to Representation</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2009/03/28/the-tax-lawyer-to-petition-irs-commissioner-re-taxpayer-right-to-representation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2009/03/28/the-tax-lawyer-to-petition-irs-commissioner-re-taxpayer-right-to-representation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 12:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxpayer Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[irs abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[irs bypass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[irs misconduct]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Taxpayer Advocate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taxpayer right to counsel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It happened again. A-friggin-gain!!!! On Friday a corporate client of mine wrote me the following email after she received a visit from an IRS collection agent: Well he came and went. He told me that I shouldn&#8217;t have hired an attorney and wanted to know how much I paid Mr. Pappas. He then began interrogating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Things the IRS Won&#8217;t Tell You (and 5 they will)</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2009/03/24/10-things-the-irs-wont-tell-you-and-5-they-will/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2009/03/24/10-things-the-irs-wont-tell-you-and-5-they-will/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:28:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tax Collections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxpayer Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Ten Lists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[irs abuse]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paul Caron of TaxProf Blog has found a neat little list from SmartMoney.com of 10 things the IRS won&#8217;t tell you. Here it is in it&#8217;s entirety: Like it or not, you may need help with your taxes You don’t have to be rich to get audited Fear is often our best weapon The AMT is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IRS Has Zero Tolerance Taxpayer Harassment Policy, But is it Enforced?</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2009/03/23/irs-has-zero-tolerance-taxpayer-harassment-policy-but-is-it-enforced/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2009/03/23/irs-has-zero-tolerance-taxpayer-harassment-policy-but-is-it-enforced/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:06:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tax Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxpayer Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IRS harassment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[irs policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[irs retaliation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The IRS has a strict, employee non-retaliation policy: Section 1203 of the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 (RRA ’98), created a statutory provision requiring termination of IRS employment for misconduct.  Section 1203(a) provides that the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue shall terminate the employment of any employee of the Internal Revenue Service if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tax Court Update &#8211; February 2009 &#8211; IRS Abuse of Discretion and the Internal Revenue Manual</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2009/02/25/tax-court-update-february-2009-irs-abuse-of-discretion-and-the-internal-revenue-manual/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2009/02/25/tax-court-update-february-2009-irs-abuse-of-discretion-and-the-internal-revenue-manual/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:28:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[IRS appeals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IRS Installment Agreements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxpayer Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[form 12153]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[irs abuse of discretion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[irs installment agreement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[irs payment plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[request for due process hearing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax payment plan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Gregory H. Haubrich v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue &#8211; The taxpayer, Haubrich, filed a form 12153 Request for a Collection Hearing,  requesting, among other things, that the IRS enter into an Installment Agreement with him for the payment of back taxes in lieu of pursuing enforced collection. The IRS appeals officer assigned to handle the [...]]]></description>
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