Opinion
16804-19 16805-19
12-06-2021
KAREEM RASHIDI VESSUP, Petitioner, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
ORDER
MARK V. HOLMES, JUDGE
These two cases were on the Court's October 19, 2020 trial calendar for New York City. We continued them to allow petitioner to try to settle at IRS Appeals. Respondent recently reported that informal discovery had ground to a halt. The Court spoke with the parties on December 3, 2021 and learned that petitioner had still not produced any business records of his firm due to the press of his caseload.
We explained that the case had to move forward or we would move it off the status-report track. Petitioner promised to file the form required to enable his CPA to speak on his behalf with the IRS sometime next week. He also promised to produce by Christmas his business records that respondent had already asked for. Respondent's counsel for his part promised to review them by mid-January with enough care to develop an informed opinion on whether they are responsive.
If this works, the case can stay on a status-report track till settlement.
It is therefore
ORDERED that on or before January 21, 2022 the parties submit settlement documents or respondent file a status report to describe the progress made in settling these cases.
Petitioner has a related case with docket number 16806-19S. If he wishes to consolidate that case with this group he must move to convert it from a "small" case to a regular one.