Opinion
14456-20
03-11-2022
P & L Burgers, Inc 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. Respondent moved without objection on March 7, 2022 to continue it. We spoke with the parties on March 10 to gauge progress, but learned that petitioner's next two tax years were currently in Exam. Petitioner has extensive records, but it appears that the tax year at issue in this case got accelerated into litigation because something went haywire in its audit. All now agree it makes sense to put this case on a status-report track and try to develop and likely settle (or at least coordinate) all three tax years together. To enable this, it is
ORDERED that respondent's March 7, 2022 motion is granted in that this 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 10, 2022 the parties shall file a status report describing their progress toward settlement or a narrowing of the issues to be tried.