Lisa Goodman v. Commissioner of IRS, No. 07-2952 (8th Cir. 2009)
Annotate this CaseCourt Description: Civil case - Tax court appeal. Tax Court did not err in considering declaration of the appeals officer, with its attached exhibits, in granting summary judgment.
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United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ___________ No. 07-2952 ___________ Lisa R. Goodman, * * Appellant, * * Appeal from the v. * United States Tax Court. * Commissioner of Internal Revenue, * [UNPUBLISHED] * Appellee. * ___________ Submitted: January 20, 2009 Filed: February 4, 2009 ___________ Before WOLLMAN, MURPHY, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges. ___________ PER CURIAM. After an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) appeals officer issued a Notice of Determination allowing collection to proceed on Lisa Goodman s tax liability, Goodman sought review of the Notice of Determination. The tax court1 granted summary judgment for the Commissioner. This appeal followed, in which Goodman argues that the tax court erred in considering the declaration of the appeals officer, with its attached exhibits, in granting summary judgment. 1 The Honorable Mark V. Holmes, United States Tax Court Judge. After careful de novo review, see Cox v. Comm r, 121 F.3d 390, 391 (8th Cir. 1997) (standard of review), we conclude that the tax court did not err. The declaration was a statement by the appeals officer that she had considered the attached exhibits2 in making her determination that collection should proceed, and thus the material was properly deemed part of the administrative record. See Fifty Below Sales & Mktg., Inc. v. United States, 497 F.3d 828, 829-30 (8th Cir. 2007) (review of Collection Due Process decision rendered by appeals officer under 26 U.S.C. ยง 6330 is limited to administrative record before appeals officer); Robinette v. Comm r, 439 F.3d 455, 459, 461-62 (8th Cir. 2006) (review of administrative agency decisions is ordinarily limited to consideration of decision of agency and evidence on which it was based; finding record created by appeals officer adequate where officer considered taxpayer s file, correspondence from IRS, and officer s notes detailing contacts with taxpayer s representative). The judgment is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________ 2 These included the Notice of Deficiency, the officer s notes about the case, a Form 4340, and computer transcripts regarding Goodman s account. -2-
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