Opinion
14394-21
02-03-2023
BRADLEY J. WASHINGTON, Petitioner v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
ORDER
Kathleen Kerrigan, Chief Judge.
On April 26, 2021, the Court received from petitioner correspondence, attached to which was a copy of a notice of deficiency issued to petitioner with respect to the 2018 taxable year. To protect petitioner's statutory time period within which to begin a case, the Court filed that document as a petition to commence this case at Docket No. 14394-21. The Court on July 19, 2021, then issued an Order which directed petitioner to file an Amended Petition and to pay the filing fee for the case.
On November 5, 2021, petitioner paid the filing fee. At this juncture, upon further review of the record herein, the Court is satisfied that the original petition is sufficient to comply with the general standards of notice pleading as set forth in Rule 31 of the Tax Court Rules of Practice and Procedure.
Accordingly, the premises considered, it is
ORDERED that petitioner no longer need comply with the Court's Order served July 19, 2021, insofar as it directed the filing of an Amended Petition. It is further
ORDERED that respondent shall file an answer to the petition on or before April 4, 2023.