Also known as the "CP-504" letter, when it wants to terrorize someone into sending it money, the IRS computer may at any point spit out a letter headed "Urgent! We intend to levy on certain assets."
It's void, like almost everything else they mail us; but we need to know how to defuse this bomb. Thanks to Mr Schiff, it's not hard. And thanks to the 1999 IRS Reform & Restructuring Act, it's easier yet. As usual, we demand a hearing, and once there record the agent's failure to identify any law that authorizes him to seize property.
The Basic Tool Set is needed for a proper understanding of this as of all questions indexed here.
The Federal Mafia in Chapter 7 deals extensively with how the IRS can and can not sieze property, and details the procedure it must by law follow in those cases (never for the income tax!) where it has such authority. This is the foundation for everything written later about the subject.
Audiotape Series 3 Tape 2 reviews how this Notice can apply legally only to government employees, and comments further on Chapter 7 of the "Mafia", and Tapes 3, 4 and 5 explore extensively the whole background to government seizure powers including the ubiquitous "civil asset forfeiture" laws and their erroneous foundation on powers valid only under Admiralty Law. Key quote: "If the IRS cannot seize, it's toothless." And Mr Schiff shows that for the "income tax", it certainly can't.
Audiotape Series 4 in Tapes 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 continues this extensive treatment of seizures and how to stop them, based in part on the Federal Debt Collection Procedures Act. Exhibits provided help defeat wage garnishment and bank-account grabs.
Audiotape Series 5 Tapes 3 and 6 show how to prevent the IRS wriggling out of its obligation to grant a Collection Due Process Hearing prior to implementing any seizure, and Tape 3 discusses the very valuable new Code Section - 6334(e) - which virtually terminates the possibility of home seizures.
Audiotape Series 6 Tapes 2 and 4 present the powerful new Code Sections 6320 and 6330, which explicitly prevent the IRS avoiding a Due Process hearing when property seizure is envisaged - and shows how to stop that process cold; see the ISMIS CDPH page. Tape 3 details how to take best advantage of them in such a hearing, and Tape 5 refers again to the IRS' "CP 504" letter, and the new, best way to de-fang it.
The Lien & Levy Package is dedicated to the subject of frustrating levies and liens and preventing seizures, and is indispensible for any Zedhead with assets that might be grabbed or garnished.
The Back Yard Role Play Audiotape produced in 2001 focusses on how to win at the Collection Due Process Hearing, closely associated with any CP-504 letter, based on the 1999 IRS Reform and Restructuring Act - which has very significantly strengthened our postition vis à vis the IRS with regard to seizures.
The question "How can I protect my assets?" is obviously closely associated with the subject here and that ISMIS page is worth reviewing in connection with a Notice of Levy. While this page shows why the IRS cannot legally seize property and how to obstruct them if they try, that one suggests how to prevent any ill effect in case they do so regardless.
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