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Requesting a Collection Due Process Hearing on IRS Form 12153 Inside the 30 Days

A final notice of intent to levy starts a clock that most taxpayers do not know is running, and the consequence of letting it expire is not a delay. It is the permanent loss of the right to have a judge look at what the IRS is doing. Form 12153

Missing the 30-day window may allow the same hearing and conference, but without court review
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