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respondent’s determination to proceed with collection of
petitioner’s outstanding tax liabilities for 1997 and 1998 should
be sustained as a matter of law.
Summary judgment is intended to expedite litigation and
avoid unnecessary and expensive trials. Fla. Peach Corp. v.
Commissioner, 90 T.C. 678, 681 (1988). Summary judgment may be
granted with respect to all or any part of the legal issues in
controversy "if the pleadings, answers to interrogatories,
depositions, admissions, and any other acceptable materials,
together with the affidavits, if any, show that there is no
genuine issue as to any material fact and that a decision may be
rendered as a matter of law." Rule 121(a) and (b); see
Sundstrand Corp. v. Commissioner, 98 T.C. 518, 520 (1992), affd.
17 F.3d 965 (7th Cir. 1994); Zaentz v. Commissioner, 90 T.C. 753,
754 (1988); Naftel v. Commissioner, 85 T.C. 527, 529 (1985). The
moving party bears the burden of proving that there is no genuine
issue of material fact, and factual inferences will be read in a
manner most favorable to the party opposing summary judgment.
Dahlstrom v. Commissioner, 85 T.C. 812, 821 (1985); Jacklin v.
Commissioner, 79 T.C. 340, 344 (1982).
As explained in detail below, there is no genuine issue as
to any material fact, and a decision may be rendered as a matter
of law. Accordingly, we shall grant respondent’s motion for
summary judgment.
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