{"id":"AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-011","kind":"context","level":"court","jurisdiction":"United States Tax Court","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS","eco":"","issuer":"United States Tax Court","authority":"I.R.C. 7453","instrument":"Press release closing the Tax Court building (Mar. 18, 2020, 9:00 PM)","title":"Press Release: \u0027the United States Tax Court building is closed\u0027","dateIssued":"2020-03-18","effective":"2020-03-18 (the courthouse closed to the public Mar. 20, 2020 per AO 2021-02)","end":"Closed to the public until Oct. 12, 2021 (AO 2021-02, 008); mail resumed July 10, 2020 (015)","startDate":"2020-03-18","endDate":"2021-10-12","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["CRT","CLOSE"],"addressees":["the public","litigants and counsel","postal and delivery services"],"clause":"Effective immediately and until further notice, the United States Tax Court building is closed. Mail will be held for delivery until the Court reopens. Taxpayers may comply with statutory deadlines for filing petitions or notices of appeal by timely mailing a petition or notice of appeal to the Court.... The eAccess and eFiling systems remain operational. Petitions and other documents may not be hand delivered to the Court.","enforcement":"Court order; building closed; hand delivery barred","functions":["CT courts","CS client filings and hearings","OF law-firm administration (filings by mail only)","CB clients"],"notes":"AO 2021-02 (008) recites: \u0027On March 20, 2020, the United States Tax Court courthouse in Washington, D.C. was closed to the public. The Court has remained closed to the public since March 2020\u0027.","sourceUrl":"https://www.ustaxcourt.gov/resources/press/03182020.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":25280,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS","url":"/library/AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-011","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-011","citation":"United States Tax Court, Press release closing the Tax Court building (Mar. 18, 2020, 9:00 PM) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-011)","stateName":"","related":["AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-010","AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-012","AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-014"]}