U.S. District Court Denies IRS Motion for More Definite Statement in Tax Refund Case

The U.S. District Court for the District of Utah denied the IRS’s motion for a more definite statement, ruling that Taxpayers provided sufficient detail in their pro se complaint to allow the agency to respond to their $14,729 tax refund claim for the 2015 tax year. Taxpayers, a married couple, filed their 2015 tax return and paid the amount due, but the IRS later audited them and increased their tax liability due to disallowed business expenses. After paying their tax debt in full, Taxpayers submitted an amended return that separated two businesses they had combined on their original return, showing ...