94-2149

Income Tax

Signed 1/30/96

 

BEFORE THE UTAH STATE TAX COMMISSION

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XXXXX, )

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Petitioner, : ORDER

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v. :

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COMPLIANCE AUDITING UNIT, ) Appeal No. 94-2149

COLLECTION DIVISION OF THE :

UTAH STATE TAX COMMISSION, : Account No. XXXXX

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Respondent. : Tax Type: Income Tax

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STATEMENT OF CASE

This matter came before the Utah State Tax Commission upon a Motion for Relief and Motion to Disqualify, filed on XXXXX, by Petitioner as a result of the Commission's Order of Default dated XXXXX.

APPLICABLE LAW

Utah Administrative Rule R861-1A-5(P) provides that a Petition for Reconsideration needs to filed within twenty days after the date of the final order and it "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.

DECISION AND ORDER

Petitioner's Motion for Relief and Motion to Disqualify do not meet any grounds for reconsideration. Further, they were not filed within the twenty day period.

However, the Commission did review the Petitioner's motions and the issues they raised and found them to be without merit. The Commission reaffirms its stance that the Respondent was properly represented at the Prehearing Conference and Petitioner's absence justified the Order of Default.

Based upon the foregoing, it is the decision and order of the Utah State Tax Commission that the Petitioner's Motion for Relief and Motion To Disqualify are denied. It is so ordered.

DATED this 30th day of January, 1996.

BY ORDER OF THE UTAH STATE TAX COMMISSION.

W. Val Oveson Roger O. Tew

Chairman Commissioner

Joe B. Pacheco Alice Shearer

Commissioner Commissioner

NOTICE: You have thirty (30) days after the date of this order to file a.) a Petition for Judicial Review in the Supreme Court, or b.) a Petition for Judicial Review by trial de novo in District Court. (Utah Administrative Rule R861-1A-5(P) and Utah Code Ann. §§59-1-601(1),63-46b-13 et. seq.)


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