Opinion
9261-23
04-25-2024
ABSHIR HOSSEN & JAD GUSHA, Petitioners v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
ORDER
Mark V. Holmes Judge
This case is on the May 20, 2024 St. Paul, Minnesota trial calendar. The parties recently moved to continue the case, but they had failed to settle at IRS Appeals, so we spoke with them today to discuss how to move the case forward. Respondent reports that petitioners are cooperating in informal discovery and have promised a possibly final production of their tax records later this week. Respondent for his part promised to have a revenue agent get a review under way. This is mostly a substantiation case, so it is reasonable to keep it on a status-report track as long as both parties keep moving toward settlement.
It is therefore
ORDERED that the parties' April 11, 2024 motion for a continuance is granted in that this case is stricken from the Court's May 20, 2024 St. Paul, Minnesota trial calendar. It is also
ORDERED that this division of the Court retains jurisdiction. It is also
ORDERED that on or before June 25, 2024 the parties file decision documents or file a joint status report describing their progress toward settlement or a narrowing of the issues to be tried.