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Press release suspending in-person acceptance of hand-delivered documents (Oct. 29, 2020)

Press Release: in-person document acceptance suspended effective Oct. 30, 2020

United States Tax Court · United States Tax Court (Court)

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The record

Jurisdiction
United States Tax Court
Level
Court
Authority
I.R.C. 7453
Issued
2020-10-29 Oct. 29, 2020
Effective
2020-10-30
End
2020-11-12 (hand delivery resumed per the Court's Nov. 12, 2020 release, not saved) (read as 2020-11-12)
In force
Oct. 30, 2020 to Nov. 12, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q4
Limitation types
Business closureCourts and public offices
Addressees
  • litigants and counsel
Functions reached
  • CT courts
  • OF law-firm filings
Character
context
Collection
Federal lands, science agencies and courts AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS

Operative words

Effective Friday, October 30, 2020, and until further notice, the United States Tax Court will be suspending its in-person acceptance of hand-delivered documents. The Court will continue to receive mail and other deliveries, and 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.

Enforcement

Court order

Notes

Winter 2020-21 re-tightening at the Court.