Opinion
4313-20
01-13-2022
Hank Risan Petitioner v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Respondent
ORDER
Mark V. Holmes Judge
This case was on the Court's October 25, 2021 trial calendar for San Francisco, California. On September 20, 2021 petitioner moved without opposition to continue it a second time, and we spoke with the parties to discuss pretrial development. Mr. Risan's tax trouble turns out to extend beyond the 2014 and 2015 tax years at issue here, and beyond his individual returns to those of a corporation that he owns by the name of Media Rights Technologies, Inc. The parties agreed it made sense to get the cases arising from all four years and both taxpayers consolidated because there is a substantial overlap of issues.
They recently reported that their informal discovery continues to be fruitful, and that Mr. Risan and his company have filed the remaining three petitions -- docket numbers 28048-21, 32909-21, and 32885-21. The Court's internal procedures will require answers to be filed in all three before the cases can be consolidated. Until then, it is
ORDERED that on or before May 9, 2022 the parties shall file a status report describing the procedural posture of the petitions filed for later years and the related corporation and their progress in informal discovery on the statute-of-limitations issue.