Opinion
25431-16 22360-17 15093-18 19528-19 20051-23
11-01-2024
HAROLD R. BOWSER, JR. & DEBRA L. BOWSER, ET AL., Petitioners v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
ORDER
Mark V. Holmes, Judge
These microcaptive-insurance cases were on the Court's March 6, 2023 trial calendar for Dallas, Texas. They've all been continued before, but we continued them again after we spoke with the parties in and all agreed they have not given up on settling them without the months of pretrial preparation it would take to get them ready for trial. The Court agreed that it made sense to put the cases on a status-report track to see if they could be settled.
The parties recently reported that respondent recently sent petitioner's counsel an updated settlement offer that petitioner is reviewing. The parties anticipate that by the end of the year they can notify the Court whether a basis for settlement has been reached. It is therefore
ORDERED that on or before December 27, 2024 the parties shall file another status report on their progress, including their views on whether a settlement can be reached.