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CCA 201239007: CCA addresses notice requirements for nominee and alter-ego levies

Number
201239007
Outcome
Advice
Document type
Chief Counsel Advice
IRS subject
Collection Due Process - Levy
Topics
Procedure, penalties, and administration
Code sections
§ 6320, § 6330
Ruling dated
August 7, 2012
Publicly released
September 28, 2012
Source
View Official PDF

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Plain-English summary

Chief Counsel advice addressed collection notices when the IRS files a notice of federal tax lien in the name of a nominee or alter ego, or plans to levy property titled in that name. It stated that the taxpayer must receive a notice under IRC § 6320 if the nominee or alter ego filing is the first notice of lien for the listed tax periods. It also stated that the taxpayer is entitled to a § 6330 notice before a levy if no § 6330 notice was previously issued for those periods.

Ruling snapshot

  • Question: What collection due process notices are required for nominee or alter-ego liens and levies?
  • Outcome: Advice
  • Key authorities: IRC §§ 6320 and 6330

Full text (IRS public release)

ID: CCA_2012080712595162 Number: 201239007
Release Date: 9/28/2012
Office: ----------------------------
UILC: 6330.00-00

From: -------------------------
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 1:00:03 PM
To: ------------------------
Cc: ---------------------------------------
Subject: RE: CDP in alter ego situations

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If the filing of NFTL in the name of the nominee or alter ego is the first NFTL filed for the tax periods listed on the NFTL, then the taxpayer must be given a section 6320 notice (Letter 3172). If the Service intends to levy property legally titled in the name of a nominee or alter ego to collect certain tax periods, then the taxpayer would be entitled to a section 6330 notice before the levy is made if a section 6330 has not been previously issued for those tax periods.

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