Opinion
12982-20
08-29-2023
SYDNEY ANN CHANEY THOMAS, Petitioner v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
ORDER
Emin Toro Judge
A request has been made for a copy of the petition and other documents in the record of this case. Upon review of the record, the Court observed sensitive taxpayer information left unredacted. The parties in a proceeding in this Court bear the responsibility to ensure compliance with Tax Court Rule 27(a), which instructs parties to refrain from including in any filing, whether paper or electronic, sensitive taxpayer information (e.g., Social Security numbers, taxpayer identification numbers, or financial account numbers). The Court will defer providing the requested copies of the documents to give the parties an opportunity to properly redact any unredacted documents in this case. In consideration of the foregoing, it is hereby
ORDERED that petitioner's Petition (Doc. 1) filed November 9, 2020, is sealed from public viewing. It is further
ORDERED that, on or before September 5, 2023, petitioner shall file with the Court a redacted version of the Petition (Doc. 1). The redacted Petition shall be clearly marked "REDACTED". The redacted Petition shall be in all respects a duplicate of the original filing, including attachments, except that identifying taxpayer identification numbers shall be properly redacted in accordance with Tax Court Rule 27(a).