SICARI v. C.I.R.

Docket No. 97-4186.

136 F.3d 925 (1998)

Anthony SICARI and Esther Sicari, Petitioners-Appellants, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided February 27, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheldon Eisenberger, New York City, for appellants.

Michelle B. O'Connor, Washington, DC (Loretta C. Argrett, Asst. Atty. Gen., David English Carmack, Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, on the brief), for appellee.

Before: WINTER, Chief Judge, NEWMAN and WALLACE, Circuit Judges.


JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal concerns the duty of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue (the "Commissioner") to use reasonable diligence, when sending a notice of deficiency to a taxpayer, in ascertaining the taxpayer's "last known address." A notice sent to such address is a prerequisite to collection of an income tax deficiency, and the mailing of a proper notice starts a 90-day time period in which the taxpayer may challenge the assessment of the deficiency...

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