VEG Corp, Inc. v. United States of America

Filing 10

ORDER Granting 9 Motion to Extend Time Re: 1 Motion to Quash. Responses due by 3/23/2018. Signed by Magistrate Judge Nancy J. Koppe on 12/22/2017. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - ADR)

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RICHARD E. ZUCKERMAN
Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General

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HENRY C. DARMSTADTER
Trial Attorney, Tax Division
U.S. Department of Justice
P.O. Box 683, Ben Franklin Station
Washington, D.C. 20044-0683
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

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Of Counsel
STEVEN W. MYHRE
Acting United States Attorney

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Attorneys for the United States of America

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEVADA
SOUTHERN DIVISION

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VEG CORP., INC,

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Petitioner,

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

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Respondent.

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Case No. 2:17-CV-02893-JCM-NJK
JOINT MOTION FOR SIXTY-DAY
EXTENSION FOR UNITED STATES
TO RESPOND TO PETITION
FIRST REQUEST
LR IA 6-1, 6-2 and 7-1

COMES now Petitioner Veg. Corp., Inc. and Respondent United States of America, by

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and through their undersigned counsel, and submit a Joint Motion to extend the time in which the

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United States has to respond to the Petition for a period of sixty (60) days:

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1.

On November 17, 2017, Veg Corp., Inc.

filed its petition to quash a

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Formal Document Request issued by the Internal Revenue Service

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respect to foreign-based documentation in accordance with 26 U.S.C. (IRC) § 982(c)(2).

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to Petitioner with

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The IRS is conducting an audit

corporate income tax

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return for the year 2013. In connection with the examination, the IRS issued several Information

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Document Request

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under IRC § 982

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or incomplete. On November 15, 2017, the IRS granted Veg Corp an extension until December

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15, 2017 in which to respond to the Formal Document Request.

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4.

On August 21, 2017, the IRS issued a Formal Document Request to Veg Corp.
were insufficient

Veg Corp. has now filed this Petition to quash the Formal Document Request in

accordance with IRC § 982(c)(2) for the reasons stated in its Petition.
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On or about November 22, 2017, the Petitioner served the United States Attorney

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for the District of Nevada with a copy of the Summons and Petition. The United States response

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to the Petition is currently due by January 22, 2018.

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By this Joint Motion, the United States seeks a sixty-day extension until March

23, 2018 in which to respond to the Petition.
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The additional time sought will allow counsel for the United States to carefully

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consider the merits of the claims raised by the Petitioner, and give sufficient time to the parties to

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discuss narrowing or clarifying the issues involved herein.

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DATED: December 21, 2017

/s/Henry C. Darmstadter
HENRY C. DARMSTADTER
Trial Attorney, Tax Division
U.S. Department of Justice
P.O. Box 683 Ben Franklin Station
Washington, D.C. 20044-0683
[phone]

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Of Counsel
STEVEN W. MYHRE
Acting United States Attorney

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Attorneys for the United States
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GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP

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DATED: December 21, 2017

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/s/DONALD L. PRUNTY, ESQ.
MARK E. FERRARIO, ESQ.
DONALD L. PRUNTY, ESQ.
3773 Howard Hughes Parkway
Suite 400N
Las Vegas, Nevada 89169

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Attorneys for Petitioner

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IT IS SO ORDERED:

IT IS SO ORDERED.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
JUDGE

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NANCY J. KOPPE
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

DATED:

DATED: December 22, 2017

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