THIRD CIRCUIT AFFIRMS TAX COURT DISMISSAL OF CASE AS MOOT.
Bullock, Janice v. Comm.
- Case NameJANICE BULLOCK, Appellant v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE
- CourtUnited States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- DocketNo. 06-1823
- Judgeper curiam
- Cross-ReferenceFor the Tax Court opinion in Janice Bullock v. Commissioner,
- Parallel Citation206 Fed. Appx. 1642007-1 U.S. Tax Cas. (CCH) P50,11298 A.F.T.R.2d (RIA) 7982
- Code Sections
- Subject Area/Tax Topics
- Jurisdictions
- LanguageEnglish
- Tax Analysts Document NumberDoc 2006-23689
- Tax Analysts Electronic Citation2006 TNT 226-5
Bullock, Janice v. Comm.
NOT PRECEDENTIAL
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT
On Appeal from the United States Tax Court
Tax Court No. 6713-02L
(Tax Court Judge: Honorable Carolyn P. Chiechi)
Submitted Pursuant to Third Circuit LAR 34.1(a)
November 16, 2006
Before: SCIRICA, Chief Judge,
FUENTES and SMITH, Circuit Judges
(Filed: November 22, 2006)
OPINION OF THE COURT
PER CURIAM.
Janice Bullock appeals the Tax Court's decision dismissing her case as moot. The procedural history of this case and the details of Bullock's claims are well-known to the parties, set forth in the Tax Court's opinion, and need not be discussed at length. Briefly, Appellee issued Bullock a Notice of Determination in which he sustained the proposed collection action against her regarding her tax liabilities for the years 1993 through 1996. Bullock filed a petition in the Tax Court to contest the notice. See 26 U.S.C. § 6330(d)(1). In her petition, she also contested issues regarding tax years 1991 and 1992. The Tax Court dismissed Bullock's claims regarding tax years 1991 and 1992 for lack of jurisdiction. After a hearing was held, Appellee argued that the case was moot because Appellee was no longer taking any collection action against Bullock as Appellee had offset her tax liability with overpayments from later years. The Tax Court agreed and dismissed the case. Bullock filed a timely notice of appeal.
We have jurisdiction under 26 U.S.C. § 7482(a)(1). We agree with the Tax Court that it lacked jurisdiction to review the collection of Bullock's 1991 and 1992 tax liabilities because no notice of determination had been issued to Bullock with regard to any collection actions for those years and because the collection actions for those years were initiated before the enactment of 26 U.S.C. § 6330. We further agree that the Tax Court lacked jurisdiction over the issue of the application of overpayments from later years to Bullock's tax liabilities from earlier years because such offsets did not constitute levies. See Boyd v. Comm'r, 451 F.3d 8 (1st Cir. 2006); Hankin v. United States, 891 F.2d 480 (3d Cir. 1989). The Tax Court correctly dismissed the remaining claims because Appellee was no longer seeking a collection action against Bullock for the years at issue.
For the above reasons, as well as those set forth by the Tax Court, we will affirm the Tax Court's January 17, 2006, judgment.
- Case NameJANICE BULLOCK, Appellant v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE
- CourtUnited States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- DocketNo. 06-1823
- Judgeper curiam
- Cross-ReferenceFor the Tax Court opinion in Janice Bullock v. Commissioner,
- Parallel Citation206 Fed. Appx. 1642007-1 U.S. Tax Cas. (CCH) P50,11298 A.F.T.R.2d (RIA) 7982
- Code Sections
- Subject Area/Tax Topics
- Jurisdictions
- LanguageEnglish
- Tax Analysts Document NumberDoc 2006-23689
- Tax Analysts Electronic Citation2006 TNT 226-5