IRS Faces Suit for Excessive Summonses After Agent Issues Dozens

The IRS allegedly issued an “unprecedented number” of summonses when auditing a property holding company’s conservation easement and they should be quashed for lack of purpose, the company told a federal court.

Internal revenue agent Lijia Wu allegedly issued 37 total summonses as part of an IRS examination of Norcave Properties LLC’s perpetual conservation easement donation and corresponding charitable contribution deduction on the company’s 2018 tax return. However, most of the investigation’s 36 additional parties have minimal or no involvement in the donation, the company said Monday.

“The only explanation for the additional summonses can be harassment of Petitioner, by ...