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Due to the impending threat of Hurricane Ike, the Court has cancelled its Houston, Texas, session scheduled for Monday, September 15. The session has been rescheduled and will begin on Tuesday, October 14, 2008.

NOTICE: The United States Tax Court has received many telephone calls regarding an e-mail which purports to originate from the Court being sent by a member of the Tax Court's practitioner bar. This message is an example of "Spear Phishing", which is an e-mail spoofing attempt that targets a specific organization. The Tax Court is not disseminating any e-mail notice to anyone who currently has a case before this Court. If you receive an e-mail with a subject line that includes the text, "Notice of Deficiency #" followed by a series of numbers or "US Tax Petition", along with a malformed docket number following the format #000-000, and a sender address of noreply@ustaxcourt.org, complaints@ustaxcourt.org, or notice@ustaxcourt.org, please ignore/delete the e-mail and do not click any link within the e-mail message.

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		Electronic (North) Courtroom Information Sheet

		Guidelines for Use of the Tax Court's Electronic (North) Courtroom

Remote viewing of files by parties and practitioners is now available to those who register to use the Court's new Electronic Access (eAccess) service.
Practitioner Services is now Practitioner Access and may be entered from the new eAccess Web page.
Judge David Gustafson Sworn In. For more information, see the Press Release.
Judge Elizabeth Crewson Paris Sworn In. For more information, see the Press Release.
The Court has proposed amendments to its Rules of Practice and Procedure regarding whistleblower award actions and electronic service, and other amendments to its Rules and forms. For more information, see the Press Release.
The Tax Court now offers the option of paying for court fees, with the exception of Petition Fees, Admission to Practice Application Fees and Notice of Appeal Fees, by credit card or ACH debit card through Pay.gov.
The Tax Court has issued a press release announcing the date and time of the 2008 written exam for admission to practice for applicants other than attorneys at law.
The Tax Court has published on its Web site requirements for Tax Clinics, Student Practice, and Pro Bono Programs.
A list of low income taxpayer clinics recognized by the Court now appears on the Taxpayer Information tab and the Clinics, Student Practice & Pro Bono Programs tab.
NOTICE REGARDING PRIVACY AND PUBLIC ACCESS TO CASE FILES
The Court has adopted amendments to its Rules regarding privacy issues and access to its electronic case files, and other amendments to its Rules and forms. For more information, see the Press Release.
The Tax Court has adopted a new form titled “Final Status Report”. For more information, see the Press Release.
If you are unfamiliar with the Tax Court or would like information about starting a case and/or representing yourself before the Court, please visit Taxpayer Information.
The Court has added TC and Memorandum Opinions from 09/25/95 to its Opinions Search.
Search the content of TC and Memorandum Opinions published after 09/25/95 and Summary Opinions published after 01/01/01* for key words and phrases with Opinion Text Search.

*	Pursuant to Internal Revenue Code Section 7463(b), Summary opinions may not be treated as precedent for any other case.

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Last updated: September 12, 2008