Opinion
16455-21
11-01-2021
Marlon Thomas & Deborah H. Thomas Petitioners v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Respondent
ORDER
Maurice B. Foley, Chief Judge
On July 29, 2021, a petition was filed to commence this case. The copy of the notice of deficiency attached to the petition was not redacted to eliminate references to petitioners' confidential taxpayer information. On September 21, 2021, pursuant to Rule 27(a), Tax Court Rules of Practice and Procedure, petitioners filed a purported redacted petition with an attached notice of deficiency in which references to petitioners' confidential taxpayer information were eliminated. However, that redacted petition is improper as it is not an exact duplicate of the original petition that was filed to commence this case.
Upon due consideration, it is
ORDERED that the redacted petition, filed September 21, 2021, is stricken from the Court's record in this case. It is further
ORDERED that, on or before November 22, 2021, petitioners shall file a redacted petition that is an exact duplicate of the original petition filed on July 29, 2021, but with references to petitioners' confidential taxpayer information redacted from the notice of deficiency attached to the petition.