BEFORE THE UTAH STATE TAX
COMMISSION
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XXXXX
Petitioner, : ORDER
v. : Appeal No. 92-1513
:
AUDITING
DIVISION OF THE : Account No.XXXXX
UTAH STATE TAX COMMISSION, :
Respondent. : Tax Type: Corp. Franchise and
: Income Tax
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STATEMENT OF CASE
This
matter came before the Utah State Tax Commission upon a Petition for
Reconsideration and Request for Agency Action, filed XXXXX as a result of the
Commission's final decision dated XXXXX.
APPLICABLE LAW
Utah
Administrative Rule R861-1A-5(P) provides that a Petition for Reconsideration
"will allege as grounds for reconsideration either a mistake in law or
fact, or the discovery of new evidence." Under this rule, the Tax
Commission may exercise its discretion in granting or denying a Petition for
Reconsideration.
ANALYSIS
Prior
to the Final Order, the Order of XXXXX issued by the Commission set forth the
arrangement which resulted from a Status Conference held on XXXXX. At the
Status Conference Petitioner was granted an extension of time to provide
responses to interrogatories issued over a year ago. At the Status Conference,
Petitioner agreed the failure to comply with this last in a series of
extensions would constitute grounds for dismissal of this case.
The
issue of subsequent operating losses which may be resolved by an audit being
conducted for XXXXX and XXXXX and the desire to carry back any such losses were
raised at the Status Conference. That matter, however, and the outcome of the
audit being conducted for XXXXX and XXXXX, does not dictate whether Petitioner
is entitled to keep its Appeal for audit years XXXXX, XXXXX, and XXXXX open
despite its failure to comply with Commission orders. Whether, indeed,
Petitioner will have net operating losses for years XXXXX, XXXXX, and XXXXX and
whether Petitioner will be able to carry back those losses to prior years are
not issues before the Commission in relation to the instant Appeal.
DECISION AND ORDER
Based
upon the foregoing, it is the decision and order of the Utah State Tax Commission
that the Petitioners' Requests for Reconsideration and Agency Action are
denied. It is so ordered.
DATED
this 5 day of October, 1995.
BY ORDER OF THE UTAH STATE TAX COMMISSION.
W. Val
Oveson Roger
O. Tew
Chairman Commissioner
Joe B.
Pacheco Alice
Shearer
Commissioner Commissioner