Opinion
10469-20
03-10-2022
Zenepe Cifligu Petitioner v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Respondent
ORDER
Mark V. Holmes Judge
This case is on the Court's April 4, 2022 trial calendar for Los Angeles, California. It is mostly about alleged unreported income for the 2016 tax year. An even larger deficiency is at stake for Mrs. Cifligu's husband in a case he began that arose from his 2015 tax year. And on March 3, 2022 the parties moved to continue this case because the IRS is looking into Mr. Cifligu's 2016 tax year and the couple's 2017 tax year.
We spoke with the parties on March 9 to figure out how most efficiently to set these various disputes up for trial or settlement. The consensus was that Mr. Cifligu's case for 2015 is sufficiently close to settlement that consolidation of the two cases doesn't make sense, but that this case should go onto a status-report track to allow Mr. Cifligu's potential 2016 case and both Cifligus' potential 2017 case to be worked on together, most likely at IRS Appeals. It is therefore
ORDERED that the parties; March 3, 2022 motion for a continuance is granted in that the case is stricken from the Court's April 4, 2022 trial calendar. It is also
ORDERED that this division of the Court retains jurisdiction. It is also
ORDERED that on or before May 9, 2022 respondent shall shall file a status report that briefly describes developments in the Cifligus' 2016 and 2017 tax matters.