Legal Opinion

Jordan v. Comm'r

United States Tax Court

Decided January 11, 2010No. 14572-07LPublishedCited by 21 opinions

P wife signed a Form 900, Tax Collection Waiver, containing a waiver extending the 10-year period of limitations on collection for the first 4 of the tax years in issue. After signing the waiver, Ps entered into an installment agreement with R. Although P husband's signature purportedly appears on the Form 900, P husband contends that he never signed the Form 900 and, therefore, the waiver is invalid as to both Ps.

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P wife signed a Form 900, Tax Collection Waiver, containing a waiver extending the 10-year period of limitations on collection for the first 4 of the tax years in issue. After signing the waiver, Ps entered into an installment agreement with R. Although P husband's signature purportedly appears on the Form 900, P husband contends that he never signed the Form 900 and, therefore, the waiver is invalid as to both Ps. R contends that P husband signed the waiver and that, if P husband did not sign the waiver, the waiver is nevertheless valid as to both Ps. Ps also contend that R failed to send Ps…

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Wells, Judge:

Respondent sent a Notice of Determination Concerning Collection Action(s) Under Section 6320 and/or 6330 (notice of determination) to petitioners with respect to a lien filed to collect petitioners’ unpaid tax liabilities for their 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1994, and 1995 tax years. In response, petitioners timely filed a petition pursuant to section 6330(d) seeking review of respondent’s determination.1 We must decide the following issues: (1) Whether petitioners bear the burden of proof; (2) whether the signature of one spouse, who filed a joint return with the other…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Jack E. Golsen and Sylvia H. Golsen v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1971
  2. Goza v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 2000
  3. Sego v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 2000
  4. Wichita Term. El. Co. v. Commissioner of Int. R.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1947
  5. Murphy v. Commissioner of IRSCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2006

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Jordan v. Comm'rUnited States Tax Court · 2011
  2. Dunlap v. Comm'rUnited States Tax Court · 2012
  3. LG Kendrick, LLC v. Comm'rUnited States Tax Court · 2016
  4. Everett Assocs. v. Comm'rUnited States Tax Court · 2012
  5. Weiss v. Comm'rUnited States Tax Court · 2016

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