hello all!


i am writing for some assistance (not advice! ) and collective opinion on how to proceed regarding NoDs from our fav boys.


background:


in the latter years before the tech market crash i was a computer consultant (did MS Access/VB/Office programming & web stuff) and under 1099 w/ contracted company.& they submitted the two years to the IRS who are attempting to collect the alleged taxes (i never paid the alleged taxes as i had&John Rizzo's Millenium 2000 Package, which i later learned was critically flawed)&- with interest and penalties, somewhere around 35k-40k (as per NoDs received in 2/04 via certified mail which my wife signed for).


status:


surviving.& i am assisting my parents in their biz (since the market crash, nigh on 3 years ago)&in exchange for whatever my expenses are, and attempting to get a fledgling hardscaping company going - so there is little to no "money" with which to pay anyone for assistance.& hence i came in to contact with Ms. Victoria Joy of Angel With The Inkwell Ministries - honor/dishonor/BoE, etc., material.& went to a workshop of hers in cleveland last year.& she offered to help, pro bono, and i have made a few donations to her organization since then as i could (but, under ordinary circumstances come not near what her fees really are).& she is now "on tour" - doing workshops hither & thither.& i presume she is too busy to render further assistance, as i haven't had any contact with her in two/three weeks, despite repeated attempts.& from what more i have learned in the last two years, she seems to know her stuff very well indeed.


paperwork status:


filed a ucc1.& don't know if it was done correctly as the people who did it are "no longer" and was a couplea years ago.& have not set up a TDA, or any related type of account (i did read the "Using Your Exemption" essay day b4 yesterday).& i haven't gotten an answer from Ms. Joy if this is necessary - she alluded it was not.& i have received from her a couple of documents to respond to the IRS NoDs to settle and discharge & correct the record(s) reflecting same.& included in those dox is a BoE to settle & discharge.& i have questions on those documents that need answers before i can proceed with them.& the "deadline" to respond to the NoD (beyond the UCC standard) was 2/20/04.


so, i need some help.& please.& should i wait upon Ms. Joy's pleasure, or is anyone here able to render knowledgeable direction?


while i get the concepts, i am not conversant in the reality of putting the stuff together.& i am also tight on time, so have little for research, etc.& my wife, until she sees this stuff work, is unsupportive (oft beligerent/antagonistic)&of my endeavors here (e'en though it has kept us out of bankruptcy!).& thus i also need a little hand-holding.


while i cannot post Ms. Joy's dox, i can post what i've written & will be happy to provide them.


i wished to remain in honor on these issues, but Ms. Joy's schedule (i presume) have left me high and dry on that.


i await your considered opinions.


thanks!


jon