Tax Court

My first Tax Court case…

1a1602555a852674a56f4ee84964641b[1]I thought this would be a nice way to kick off my blog.  So, Monday, I had the pleasure of actually trying in Tax Court my first in person court case. This has not previously occurred because (1) I only received my Tax Court license a little over a year ago and (2) all of my cases to date have settled. This isn’t a bad thing, and is I am certain settling has always been in the client’s best interests. A case in court is always the last resort. As much as I crave the limelight, there is just no reason to leave matters for a judge to decide if you can avoid it. So how did this all happen? Well, I was there attending a session of the court as I tend to do actually because the Mass Society of Enrolled Agents had a special visit which Keith Fogg had helped to organize and I was attending just for fun. Then a trial occurred with a taxpayer that was appearing unrepresented, pro se, as they say. Read More