2002 U.S. Tax Ct. LEXIS 26">*26 Petitioner's motion to redetermine interest denied for lacked of jurisdiction.
P filed a motion to redetermine interest under sec.
the basis that a
made.
Held :
assessment has been made by the Secretary under section
6215". An assessment under
where a notice of deficiency has been issued, a
I.R.C., petition has been filed, and the Tax Court has
redetermined or sustained a deficiency by a decision that has
become final. The instant case involves a unified partnership
proceeding for the readjustment of partnership items. See secs.
6221-
Court decisions in unified partnership proceedings, and no
deficiencies have been redetermined by the Tax Court in this
case. See ASA Investerings Pship. v. Commissioner,
Therefore, we lack jurisdiction to redetermine interest in this
case.
118 T.C. 423">*424 (OPINION
RUWE, Judge: On October 3, 2001, petitioner, AlliedSignal, Inc., filed a motion to redetermine interest under
Tax Year Interest
________ ________
1988 $ 415,714
19892002 U.S. Tax Ct. LEXIS 26">*28 2,658,117
1990 17,564,033
1991 0
1992 3,743,091
1993 178,469
1994 1,766,896
1995 6,347,788
Respondent filed a notice of objection in which he moves to dismiss petitioner's motion for lack of jurisdiction. Respondent argues that we lack jurisdiction to redetermine petitioner's interest because no assessment has been made under
Generally, this Court does not have jurisdiction over issues involving interest.
(1) In general. -- Notwithstanding subsection (a), if,
within 1 year after the date the decision of the Tax Court
becomes final under subsection (a) in a case to which this
subsection applies, the taxpayer files a motion in the Tax
Court for a redetermination of the amount of interest
involved, then the Tax Court may reopen the case solely to
determine whether the taxpayer has made an overpayment of
such interest or the Secretary has made an underpayment of
such interest and the amount thereof.
118 T.C. 423">*425 (2) Cases to which this subsection applies. -- This
subsection shall apply where --
(A)(i) an assessment has been made by the
2002 U.S. Tax Ct. LEXIS 26">*30 Secretary under
as imposed by this title, and
(ii) the taxpayer has paid the entire amount of
the deficiency plus interest claimed by the Secretary,
and
(B) the Tax Court finds under section 6512(b) that the
taxpayer has made an overpayment.
(3) Special rules. -- If the Tax Court determines under
this subsection that the taxpayer has made an overpayment of
interest or that the Secretary has made an underpayment of
interest, then that determination shall be treated under section
6512(b)(1) as a determination of an overpayment of tax. An order
of the Tax Court redetermining interest, when entered upon the
records of the court, shall be reviewable in the same manner as
a decision of the Tax Court.[3]
2002 U.S. Tax Ct. LEXIS 26">*31 We have jurisdiction to redetermine interest under
2002 U.S. Tax Ct. LEXIS 26">*32 Petitioner bases his motion to redetermine interest on our prior decision in this case. See
Our jurisdiction over the issues decided in
Petitioner contends that "there are a number of 'affected items which require partner level determinations' (Code,
It is clear that a
2002 U.S. Tax Ct. LEXIS 26">*36 In the instant case, no notice of deficiency was issued. In the absence of a notice of deficiency, we did not and, indeed, could not have redetermined or sustained a deficiency determination made by respondent. See
Petitioner, in its capacity as the tax matters partner of ASA, did file a petition with the Tax Court. However, that petition was filed pursuant to
Our deficiency procedures do not extend to the adjustment of partnership items or to deficiencies attributable to computational adjustments. 10 We cannot redetermine deficiencies 118 T.C. 423">*428 under
2002 U.S. Tax Ct. LEXIS 26">*38 We hold that we do not have jurisdiction under
An appropriate order will be entered.
1. All section references are to the Internal Revenue Code in effect at the time of the filing of the motion, and all Rule references are to the Tax Court Rules of Practice and Procedure.↩
2. Petitioner has not requested a hearing on the jurisdiction issue which respondent raises in his notice of objection, and we find that this matter is at this time ripe for decision.↩
3. Under
4.
5. In
6. The unified partnership procedures have been amended since their effective date of Sept. 3, 1982, and those procedures are now contained in secs. 6221 through 6234.↩
7. The mere prospect, assuming one does exist here, of a
8.
petition with the Tax Court, the entire amount redetermined as
the deficiency by the decision of the Tax Court which has become
final shall be assessed and shall be paid upon notice and demand
from the Secretary. No part of the amount determined as a
deficiency by the Secretary but disallowed as such by the
decision of the Tax Court which has become final shall be
assessed or be collected by levy or by proceeding in court with
or without assessment.↩
9.
10. Respondent claims that as a result of the partnership-level proceeding, he has made certain computational adjustments against petitioner. A computational adjustment is defined as "the change in the tax liability of a partner which properly reflects the treatment under this subchapter of a partnership item."
11. See
which a petition is filed in accordance with this section shall
have jurisdiction to determine all partnership items of the
partnership for the partnership taxable year to which the notice
of final partnership administrative adjustment relates, the
proper allocation of such items among the partners, and the
applicability of any penalty, addition to tax, or additional
amount which relates to an adjustment to a partnership item.↩
12. Whether the computational adjustments were in fact made with respect to affected items requiring partner-level determinations, as petitioner contends, is not a matter that we can decide absent a proper jurisdictional basis for review. We recognize that the import of our decision is that we are unable to "reopen" a prior unified partnership proceeding under
In clarifying the Tax Court's jurisdiction over interest
determinations, the conferees do not intend to limit any other
remedies that taxpayers may currently have with respect to such
determinations, including in particular refund proceedings
relating solely to the amount of interest due. [H. Conf. Rept.
105-220, at 733 (1997), 1997-4 C.B. (Vol. 2) 1457, 2203.]
For example, respondent suggests that the refund claim procedures for challenging erroneous computational adjustments,