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TAX BRAKE "Due Process - There's a Right and a Wrong Way" One of the cornerstones of the 1998 tax reform legislation was a new
taxpayer right, the right to a "Collection Due Process Hearing."
Form 12151 is used to request this right, which follows after 1-4 IRS
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solely for delay. In a recent case, that's what happened, or at least
the judge came close to saying so. The taxpayer racked up seven years
of tax delinquencies, totaling $700,000, and then filed the hearing request
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