(a) Answer: The Commissioner shall file an answer or shall move with respect to the petition within the periods specified in and in accordance with the provisions of Rule 36.
(b) Reply: For provisions relating to the filing of a reply, see Rule 37.
(As effective October 3, 2008, 130 T.C. 567. For prior history, see 109 T.C. 709 (1997).)
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