Opinion
36722-21 6072-24
08-29-2024
MICHAEL J. WEPPLO & TATYANA R. WEPPLO, ET AL., Petitioners v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
ORDER
Mark V. Holmes, Judge
The lower-numbered case was on the February 12, 2024 Los Angeles, California trial calendar. As daunting as a multimillion-dollar three-years-at-issue case is, the entire problem facing petitioners extends to three later tax years and we agreed it made sense to get the later-filed case consolidated with this one. Petitioners have every incentive to cooperate with respondent to coordinate and settle all these years. The cases can stay on a long-term status-report track, and it is
ORDERED that on or before January 16, 2025 the parties submit settlement documents or file a status report on their progress in settling these cases or narrowing the issues to be tried, including any developments in the later tax years that might affect settlement of the tax years at issue in this case.