Opinion
24689-21
03-12-2024
QUINT T. BURRIS & LISA C. BURRIS, Petitioners, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
ORDER
TAMARA W. ASHFORD JUDGE
On March 11, 2024, pursuant to the Court's December 15, 2023, Order, the parties filed a Joint Status Report, apprising the Court of the then present status of this case. The parties report that since an initial conference with the Internal Revenue Service Independent Office of Appeals (Appeals) on November 15, 2023, there have been further exchanges of documents and information, and settlement discussions between petitioners and Appeals are ongoing. The parties further report that in the event that petitioners do not reach a basis for settlement with Appeals, the parties will attempt to reach a basis for settlement of this case and the three other related cases that are pending in this Court once all of the cases are transferred into respondent counsel's jurisdiction; presently only one of the related cases is within respondent counsel's jurisdiction. According to the parties, if a basis for settlement is not reached, they will prepare this case and the related cases for trial. Upon due consideration, it is hereby
ORDERED that the parties shall, on or before June 10, 2024, electronically submit to the Court an agreed stipulated decision document or file status reports, separately or jointly, apprising the Court of the then present status of this case.