Opinion
19492-23
02-27-2024
DEMETRIA SHONDRAYA COLLINS, Petitioner v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
ORDER OF DISMISSAL FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION
Kathleen Kerrigan, Chief Judge.
On January 31, 2024, respondent filed a Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction on the ground that no notice of deficiency and no notice of determination concerning collection action was issued to petitioner for tax years 2015 through 2023, nor has respondent made any other determination with respect to tax years 2015 through 2023 that would confer jurisdiction on the Court.
On December 7, 2023, petitioner filed the petition purporting to dispute tax years 2015 through current. Petitioner did not attach a copy of a notice of deficiency or a notice of determination for tax years 2015 through 2023 to her petition. On January 8, 2024, petitioner filed an amended petition, in which she failed to specify which years she is disputing. Petitioner did not attach a notice of deficiency or a notice of determination to her amended petition.
This Court is a court of limited jurisdiction. It may therefore exercise jurisdiction only to the extent expressly provided by statute. Breman v. Commissioner, 66 T.C. 61, 66 (1976). In a case seeking the redetermination of a deficiency, the jurisdiction of the Court depends, in part, on the issuance by the Commissioner of a valid notice of deficiency to the taxpayer. Rule 13(c), Tax Court Rules of Practice and Procedure; Frieling v. Commissioner, 81 T.C. 42, 46 (1983). The notice of deficiency has been described as "the taxpayer's ticket to the Tax Court" because, without it, there can be no prepayment judicial review by this Court of the deficiency determined by the Commissioner. Mulvania v. Commissioner, 81 T.C. 65, 67 (1983).
Similarly, this Court's jurisdiction in a case seeking review of a determination concerning collection action under section 6320 or 6330, generally depends, in part, upon the issuance of a valid notice of determination by the IRS Office of Appeals under section 6320 or 6330. I.R.C. sec. 6320(c) and 6330(d)(1); Rule 330(b), Tax Court Rules of Practice and Procedure; Offiler v. Commissioner, 114 T.C. 492, 498 (2000).
On February 12, 2024, petitioner filed an Objection to the motion in which petitioner fails to address respondent's jurisdictional assertions. Petitioner did not attach a notice of deficiency or a notice of determination to her Objection.
Petitioner has not provided a copy of a notice of deficiency or notice of determination that would confer jurisdiction on this Court. Because no notice of deficiency or notice of determination sufficient to confer jurisdiction on this Court has been sent to petitioner for tax years 2015 through 2023, this case must be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
Upon due consideration, it is
ORDERED that respondent's Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction is granted and this case is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.