- Petition can also be sent in via paper, Petitions clerk enters the data sent by petitioner
- Petition clerk enters date received (which becomes the Filed date) and they also enter the "mailed date" from the envelope (displays on cover sheet)
- All paper petitions get labeled with a Filed by time of midnight EST by default (only backend data point, not displayed in UI)
- Is default tab selected on load
Party type
- Required field
- On select, display contact fields depending on party type selected
- Party contact information is used to repopulate Case caption on Case Info tab
- If party contact information is edited on Parties tab, the autogenerated case caption updates as well
Party type = Petitioner & Spouse
- If Petitioner & Spouse is selected, display primary and secondary contact fields
- Display checkbox “Use same address & phone number as above for spouse information
Use same address as above checkbox
- On check, copy primary contact information to secondary contact form, including
- Country
- Mailing address line 1
- Address line 2
- Address line 3
- City
- State
- Zip
- Phone number
- Copied contact fields are editable
- If edit is made to primary contact field when checked, edit should copy to secondary contact form
- If edit is made to secondary (spouse) contact field when checked, edit should not copy to primary contact form
Order for Corporate Disclosure Statement
- If party type = Corporation, Partnership (as the Tax Matters Partner), Partnership (as a partnership representative under BBA regime), or Partnership (as a partner other than Tax Matters Partner) - check box is displayed and auto-checked
- If user uploads CDS PDF, checkbox is auto-unchecked
Date received
- Required field
Mailing date
- Required field
Case Caption
- Is required
- if primary / secondary contact information has been entered on Parties tab, case caption field Is autogenerated and is editable
- if primary / secondary contact information has NOT been entered on Parties tab, case caption field is blank and editable
- If party contact information is edited on Parties tab, the case caption updates as well
- If case caption field is manually edited on the Case Info tab, the party contact information is not updated
Case procedure
- Is required
- Default selection is Regular
Order to Show Cause checkbox
- Is optional
- Is always displayed
Trial Location
- Field is required IF an RQT PDF is uploaded; otherwise it’s optional
- If Regular case procedure is selected, the trial location dropdown displays the list of regular case locations
- If Small case procedure is selected, the trial location dropdown displays the list of small case locations
Order for Place of Trial
- If Trial Location field is blank = checkbox auto-checked
- If Trial Location is selected = checkbox is hidden
Fee paid?
- If Paid is selected, display Payment date (required) and Payment method (required)
- If Not Paid is selected, display “Order for Filing fee checkbox” = auto-checked
- If Waived is selected, display Date waived (required)
Orders needed
- Optional
IRS Notice provided
- Is required
- No is selected as default
- If Yes is selected, display Type of Case (required) and Date of Notice (optional)
- If No is selected, display Type of Case (required)
Type of Case
- Field hidden until IRS Notice provided selection is made
- Statistics fields display when "Yes" is selected for "IRS Notice provided?" and Deficiency is selected as case type
Year or Period
- Defaults to Year
- If "Period" is selected, display "Last date of period" field and hide "Year" field
- If "Year is selected, display "Year" field, and hide "Last date of period"
Year
- Numeric values only
- Max character = 4
Last date of period
- Date cannot be in the future
- If invalid date is entered on save, display error: "Enter a valid last date of period"
Deficiency
- required for first set
- numeric values only
- format for US currency during input = $XX,XXX.XX
Total penalties
- required for first set
- numeric values only
- format for US currency during input = $XX,XXX.XX
Calculate Penalties
- Petition clerk can enter up to 10 penalties, and on "Calculate", modal closes and the total will populate in the Total Penalties field
- If a clerk has manually entered a total penalties field, and then calculates, the calculated total will override the manual entry
- Clerks are able to manually edit a calculated total
Add Another Year/Period
- Clerks are able to add up to 12 year/period sets
- Sets 2-12 are optional UNLESS any field in a set includes data
- If any field in a set has data, then all fields in that set are required
- All PDFS other than the Petition can be removed before the Petition package is served to the IRS
Petition
- Is required
STIN
- Is optional for paper-filed petitions
RQT
- Is required IF Trial location field is selected
- Is optional IF Trial location field is blank
CDS
- Is required if party type = Corporation, Partnership (as the Tax Matters Partner), Partnership (as a partnership representative under BBA regime), or Partnership (as a partner other than Tax Matters Partner) AND Order for Corporate Disclosure Statement is unchecked
- If uploaded, Order for Corporate Disclosure Statement is auto-unchecked
- Case is created in system
- Docket number is assigned
- Petition document is entered onto the Docket Record (without service information)
- All other documents are not entered onto the Docket Record until service
- Case appears in the Petitions Section Document QC > In Progress tab
- App navigates to New Case : Review the Petition screen
Paper
- When a court user is uploading a paper document, they're asked to put in a received date. That received date entered should be saved as both the received date and the filed date or lodged date, depending on what the user selects.
- Received date and filed date both show up on the cover sheet.
- If the user then edits the date on the docket record (this story), the filed date or lodged date updates on the backend and a new cover sheet is generated that has the original received date and the new filed or lodged date.
Docket Record
- date that shows on the docket record is the Filed Date (edited)