No. 22-291

Brian H. McLane v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-09-27
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (1)Response Waived
Tags: appeals-hearing internal-revenue-service notice-of-deficiency overpayment-determination tax-appeals tax-collection tax-court tax-court-jurisdiction tax-liability tax-overpayment
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2022-11-04
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Tax Court has jurisdiction to determine the amount of any overpayment due a taxpayer who never received a notice of deficiency

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED | When the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) | determines a taxpayer owes more than reported on a return, it may mail a notice of deficiency to the taxpayer. Upon receipt of such notice, the taxpayer may petition the Tax Court to redetermine the deficiency. If the Tax Court finds there is no | deficiency and the taxpayer instead overpaid, it may | determine the amount of such overpayment and ultimately order a refund to the taxpayer. When a taxpayer does not receive notice, however, the deficiency is summarily assessed by the IRS. Before the IRS collects that assessed tax liability, it must mail notice to the taxpayer who did not receive notice of the deficiency, and the taxpayer may contest the existence and amount of the “underlying tax liability for any tax period,” 26 U.S.C. § 6330(c)(2)(B), in an appeals hearing reviewable by the Tax Court. Question: In a review of an appeals hearing pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 6320 or § 6330, does the United States Tax Court have jurisdiction to determine the amount of any overpayment due a taxpayer who never received a notice of deficiency? i

Docket Entries

2022-11-07
Petition DENIED.
2022-10-27
2022-10-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/4/2022.
2022-10-13
Waiver of right of respondent CIR to respond filed.
2022-04-25

Attorneys

Brian H. McLane
Brian H. McLane — Petitioner
Brian H. McLane — Petitioner
CIR
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Tax Freedom Institute
Donald W. MacPhersonThe MacPherson Group, Amicus
Donald W. MacPhersonThe MacPherson Group, Amicus