The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the conservation easement donor, LakePoint, have jointly petitioned a federal district court to delay the deadline for the tax agency to address a public document request. This comes as part of a lawsuit where LakePoint alleges that the IRS did not adhere to the appropriate timeframe for the provision of public documents. The original deadline, set in July, was set to be September 1st.
In their joint motion submitted last Friday, both the IRS and LakePoint have requested the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to extend this deadline to October 6th.
This case highlights the intricate and often-times elongated processes involving Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, especially when legal proceedings are in effect. As more developments in the case unfold, legal professionals and corporate entities alike will be keeping a close eye on the efficiency and transparency of public institutions’ response to such requests.
The full details of the unfolding case can be found on Bloomberg’s legal news outlet, here.