Opinion
14013-18
03-25-2022
Shahvand Aryana Petitioner v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Respondent
ORDER
Mark V. Holmes, Judge
This case was on the January 25, 2021 Los Angeles, California trial calendar. It is factually complex and the parties reasonably asked last year to try to settle as much of it at IRS Appeals as possible. It did not settle there and was returned to IRS Counsel, seemingly without much progress. We've spoken twice with the parties about how to either get it back on track to settle or get it ready for trial. Both agreed that part of the problem may have been slowness in producing some records -- a problem petitioner says has now been overcome. If so, settlement may still be a possibility. If not, then the parties may expect further development of the case to be done with a pretrial order aimed at getting the case ready for trial in the fall. But in the meantime, it is
ORDERED that on or before April 25, 2022 the parties shall file another status report describing their progress toward settlement or a narrowing of the issues to be tried.