- 11 - interest paid can be determined as part of the overpayment because section 6601(e)(1) provides that interest shall be treated as a tax. In Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc., the taxpayer had made payments of the tax deficiencies for the years before the Court as well as the interest on such deficiencies. The taxpayer claimed an overpayment of that interest. The Court held that the claim fell within its jurisdiction to determine an overpayment. In this case, there is no deficiency at issue, nor is there a claim of overpayment by petitioner for the years 1980 and 1981. Petitioner claims that an overpayment for a year not before the Court, 1973, should be credited to the deficiency for the 1980 year before the Court. The relief petitioner seeks is nothing more than a request for the review of a credit by the Commissioner under section 6402. It is not a request for the recovery of an overpayment for the year 1980. Accordingly, this Court has no jurisdiction to consider the relief petitioner seeks. See Savage v. Commissioner, 112 T.C. 46 (1999). Therefore, we hold that the Court has no jurisdiction to order respondent to credit petitioner's 1980 deficiency with that portion of the 1973 overpayment requested by petitioner. An appropriate order and decision will be entered.Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
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