Section 7407.2 - Jeopardy assessments(a) If the department believes that the assessment or the collection of unpaid or unreported tax will be jeopardized in whole or in part by delay, it shall issue a jeopardy assessment.(b) If the department believes that a taxpayer intends to depart from the Commonwealth, remove the taxpayer's property from the Commonwealth, conceal himself or property of the taxpayer from the Commonwealth, or to do any other act that may prejudice or render wholly or partly ineffectual any action to collect any tax for the prior or current tax periods unless the action is brought without delay, the department shall declare the current tax period of the taxpayer immediately terminated. In this case, the department shall issue a jeopardy assessment for the tax period declared terminated and for all prior tax periods, whether or not the time otherwise allowed by law for filing a report or paying the tax has expired.(c) A notice of jeopardy assessment and demand for payment shall be mailed by certified mail to the taxpayer. The notice of jeopardy assessment shall include the amount of the bond or other security required to stay collection of the assessment.(d) The jeopardy assessment shall be paid to the department upon receipt of the notice of jeopardy assessment. Payment of the jeopardy assessment does not eliminate the taxpayer's obligation to file a report. If prior to the filing of a report the department estimates that additional unpaid tax is due the Commonwealth, the department may issue additional jeopardy assessments or estimated assessments pursuant to section 407.1. (e) A jeopardy assessment is immediately due and payable, and proceedings for collection may be commenced at once. The following apply: (1) The collection of the whole or any amount of a jeopardy assessment may be stayed, at any time before the assessment becomes final, by filing with the department a bond or other security in such amounts as the department may deem necessary, not exceeding one hundred twenty per cent of the tax for which the stay is desired.(2) Upon the filing of the bond or other security, the collection of the amount assessed that is covered by the bond or other security shall be stayed. The taxpayer shall have the right to waive the stay at any time in respect to the whole or any part of the amount covered by the bond or other security. If the taxpayer waives any part of the amount covered by the bond or other security, then the bond or other security shall be proportionately reduced upon payment of the amount waived. If any portion of the jeopardy assessment is abated, the bond or other security shall be proportionately reduced at the request of the taxpayer.(f)(1) A taxpayer may prevent a jeopardy assessment from becoming final by filing a petition for reassessment with the department within thirty days after the mailing date of the notice of jeopardy assessment. The issues to be addressed in the review of the petition shall include: (i) Whether the making of the jeopardy assessment is reasonable under the circumstances.(ii) Whether the amount assessed as a result of the jeopardy assessment is appropriate under the circumstances.(2) The department shall issue a decision and order disposing of a petition filed under paragraph (1) within sixty days after receipt of the petition. Notice of the department's decision and order disposing of the petition shall be mailed to the petitioner.(3) A taxpayer may file a petition for review of the department's decision and order under paragraph (2) in Commonwealth Court within 30 days after the following: (i) The mailing date of the department's notice of decision and order on a petition for reassessment of a jeopardy assessment.(ii) If the petition is not disposed of by the department within sixty days after receipt, the sixtieth day following the date the petition was received by the department.(4) If it is determined that the making of the jeopardy assessment is unreasonable or that the amount assessed is inappropriate, the assessment may be abated, the assessment may be redetermined in whole or in part, or the department or the taxpayer may be directed to take such other actions as may be appropriate.(g) Any determination made pursuant to a petition for reassessment under this section shall be final and conclusive upon exhaustion of the appeal rights provided in this section and shall not be reviewed in any other proceeding.(h)(1) In an action under this section involving the issue of whether the making of a jeopardy assessment is reasonable under the circumstances, the burden of proof in respect to such issue shall be upon the department.(2) In an action under this section involving the issue of whether an amount assessed as a result of jeopardy assessment is appropriate under the circumstances, the burden of proof in respect to such issue shall be upon the taxpayer.1971, March 4, P.L. 6, No. 2, § 407.2, added 2006, Oct. 18, P.L. 1149, No. 119, § 19, imd. effective.