I don't have a job to offer, but would recommend that instead of passively expecting people to give you job info, you review the materials on this and the SEDM site and proactively approach private companies. See if they will accept a W-8Ben and associated affidavit confirming you're a NRA instead of forcing withholding paperwork on… Read more

Yes I checked the pocket commissions, and they were A commissions. The agent did get mad when I said they lacked jurisdiction or authority to hand me the summons, and stammered that he had “downstream” authority from a supervising agent with an E badge, which was not true. I have no background on the UCC-5 either, its just another way to… Read more

Just to update all, my 3/7 meeting went about as well as I could manage under the circumstances (the head collection agent was abrasive and uncomprehending, just as expected). My two witnesses (one of who was an attorney) found my presentation compelling, and said the agents looked like what they heard from me was truly news to them. One of… Read more

Use the administrative/UCC approach, involving the Notary Certificate of Default method in the Sovereignty Forms and Instructions Manual section 3.4.4 ff (p243-254). Write a notarized letter that conditionally accepts paying the fee, “upon proof of claim”—that is, prove you're liable, that they have jurisdiction, etc.

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Thanks for the suggestions Bing, I think I will continue to go on a “documentation binge' after the meeting to further establish nonliability, and place further burden of proof on the IRS. I wasn't in DC in '04, though, perhaps it was a a different year if we met.