Opinion
14207-20
07-31-2024
MARGARET C. BASH, PETITIONER AND CRAIG N. BASH, INTERVENOR, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
ORDER
Elizabeth Crewson Paris Judge.
On July 2, 2024, docket entry 48, the parties filed a Joint Status Report indicating that the Intervenor has provided additional substantiation for the taxable years 2012, 2013, and 2016, and is in the process of providing additional substantiation relevant to disallowed expense deductions claimed for the taxable years 2014 and 2015. The parties discussed the innocent spouse issue raised in the petition and the First Amended Petition which petitioner filed June 5, 2024, docket entry 47, and respondent filed an Answer to Amended Petition on July 15, 2024, docket entry 49, and have agreed to have respondent's Independent Office of Appeals consider the innocent spouse issue in this case. The parties request additional time to either resolve this case or narrow the scope of the issues in dispute.
After due consideration, it is
ORDERED that, on or before September 30, 2024, the parties shall submit decision documents or file with the Court a status report (jointly, if possible, otherwise separately) detailing the then-present status of this case and why this case, and the case at Docket No. 14069-20, Margaret C. Bash, Petitioner and Craig N. Bash, Intervenor, for tax years 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2016, should not be consolidated.