Opinion
17300-22S
08-17-2022
MIKE SCOTT DEBALSKI, Petitioner v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
ORDER
Kathleen Kerrigan, Chief Judge
On August 16, 2022, petitioner filed electronically in the above-docketed matter a document under the designation "Answer". However, review of the record shows that the filing consists of copy of a civil complaint filed by petitioner in 2020 in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. As such, the filed document appear to be potentially evidentiary in nature, submitted by petitioner in support of his position herein.
The Court would therefore take this opportunity to advise petitioner that evidentiary materials generally are not filed with the Court; rather, they should be exchanged with counsel for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as part of the pretrial process (before trial) and then introduced at trial if the case has not been settled prior thereto. Because the IRS is separate from this Court, petitioner is accordingly advised to contact IRS counsel directly regarding such matters.
Upon due consideration, it is
ORDERED that the document filed August 16, 2022, at Docket Entry #5, is hereby deemed stricken from the Court's record in this case.