Opinion
11817-21
06-24-2022
KAREN ATENCION-HENDERSON, Petitioner v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
ORDER OF DISMISSAL FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION
Kathleen Kerrigan Chief Judge
On February 19, 2022, petitioner filed a Motion To Close on Ground of Duplication on the ground that petitioner previously filed a petition for redetermination with the Court challenging respondent's notice of deficiency for taxable year 2018.
The record shows that on March 22, 2021, respondent issued a notice of deficiency to petitioner for the taxable year 2018. On May 10, 2021, petitioner filed a petition assigned Docket No. 16467-21, challenging the above-described notice of deficiency. On February 2, 2022, the Court entered a stipulated decision at Docket No. 16467-21. The Court's decision at Docket No. 16467-21 is now final. Sec. 7481(b).
On June 18, 2021, petitioner filed with the Court a second petition in which she again challenges his tax liability for 2018. Because petitioner previously challenged the notice of deficiency at Docket No. 16467-21, it follows that such notice does not provide a basis for petitioner to invoke the Court's Jurisdiction in this action, nor does the Court have the authority to vacate its decision, which is now final. See Abatti v. Commissioner, 859 F.2d 115, 117 (9th Cir. 1988), affg. 86 T.C. 1319 (1986). Finally, there is no indication that respondent issued any other notice of deficiency or notice of determination for 2018 that would permit petitioner to invoke the Court's jurisdiction for that year.
Upon due consideration and for cause, it is
ORDERED that petitioner's Motion To Close on Ground of Duplication, filed February 19, 2022, is granted in that this case is dismissed on the ground that the notice of deficiency for 2018 does not provide a basis for petitioner to invoke the Court's jurisdiction in this action.