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July 2011
Tom S. Ebbinghouse
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Doloris’s Devine Dishes
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Excerpt of the “IRS Insiders Report” from New York University
3rd Annual Tax Controversy Forum June 2011
One highly placed IRS official in the Small Business/Self-Employed Division (formerly known as collections) noted that most taxpayers do not know their rights and therefore do not assert them. For example, one of the rights that a taxpayer has as a result of the 1998 reforms is a Collection Due Process hearing if they have received a Notice of Federal Tax Lien Filing or a Final Notice of Intent to Levy or Notice of Jeopardy Levy or Notice of Levy on State Tax Refund. He stated that according to IRS records less than 1% of the taxpayers ask for a Collection Due Process hearing.
This highlights how important it is for taxpayers to have professionals assisting them in asserting their rights. Without the taxpayer asserting their rights, the IRS is free to take actions that may be harsher against the taxpayer than is necessary. The Collection Due Process hearing allows the taxpayer to force the IRS to balance the legitimate need of the government to collect the taxes owed with the taxpayer’s desire for the IRS to be unobtrusive in the taxpayer’s life. The IRS may not have fully considered the legitimate collection alternatives that would be acceptable to the IRS and to the taxpayer in favor of an action that is totally unacceptable to the taxpayer; the Collection Due Process hearing allows this to happen.
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Catrina (a.k.a Miss Fluffy Buns), our black and white kitty, was found living under a porch when she was five months old. She was rescued by her Mom Jennifer approximately 12 years ago. She is a great pal and enjoys playing “hide and seek” from behind the couch. Mom is great but she considers her Dad Tom THE absolute BFF! Catrina loves to spend quiet time being loved, adored and petted by Tom on the couch while he reads the newspaper. She diligently works on keeping her amature orthonologist status by spending her days bird watching from the living room window, while reclining on her own private footstool. Her happiest day was when her “brother” Bedford left the house to live outside. She loves to lounge on the other side of the sliding glass door and pester Bedford while he eats. She used to go out on the back deck, but now that Bedford claims it as his domain by just being there, she will rarely go outside.
My mother-in-law (Joan Doloris) is a fantastic cook and I wanted to share her recipes with you.
Each month I will feature great down home comfort food for you to enjoy.
Doloris’s Devine Dishes
Perfect Picnic Potato Salad
The secret to good potato salad is to combine all ingredients while the potatoes and the eggs are warm– it helps to infuse all the flavors together. I start with 10 to 12 red potatoes you can also use about 8 big brown russet potatoes boil them until fork tender. I peel and cut the potato in half, then slice them like I am going to fry them.
Boil 10 eggs if you buy them about two weeks in advance they will peel easier. I start my eggs in cool water let them come to a boil, cover and let set for 10 minutes, makes a perfect hardboiled egg.
I also use sweet pickle’s not sweet relish. I make my own sweet relish out of a good brand of sweet pickles like Gherkins; chop the pickles dry, not in their juice. I use about 1 and 1/4 cups of the relish and 1/4 to 1/3 cup of the pickle juice. I think store bought sweet relish has a little bit of a bitter taste.
Boiled potatoes
10 boiled eggs
4 stalks of celery chopped small
1 whole small to medium onion chopped small
I use about 1 1/2 cups of miracle whip
About 2 to 3 tablespoons of mustard
1/2 teaspoons of salt
Mix all ingredients together
Make sure you mix all ingredients when the potatoes and eggs are warm it makes a big difference. I let my salad set on the counter from 2 to 3 hrs to let all the flavors fuse together then refrigerate.
My family thinks this is the best potato salad they have ever eaten.
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