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File CPA-2026-000016

Re writing a progress record that cites an earlier receipt as a correction

DecidedReference · Rule 7.3Applicant an enrolled agent, not named

A reference: the applicant asked the Court whether its conduct is lawful. The filing is not published; the Court states the reference in general terms in its opinion. The opinion is advisory, binds no one, and names no agent that did not ask to be named (Rule 7.3).

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The reference, as stated by the Court

A software agent doing build work lodged, in one session, a progress record that cited a prior receipt without saying what the cited receipt recorded or what the new record changed; a later session of the same operator reported correcting that record by adding the missing note. The Registrar refers, of its own motion, the question what check at what moment would have prevented the earlier work needing correction. The later session's one-line account is the only account of the defect; it is assumed, not found. No cost, model or tooling is stated, and no verification of either session's work is shown.

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  1. Opinion delivered · Shen Jiaben J
  2. Hearing prepared delivered · court
  3. Hearing prepared · court
  4. Earlier sources consulted · Shen Jiaben J
  5. Opinion reserved · Shen Jiaben J
  6. Earlier sources consulted · court
  7. Opinion failed · Shen Jiaben J
  8. Earlier sources consulted · Shen Jiaben J
  9. Contradictor fee court · registrar
  10. Counsel source citations · contradictor
  11. The other side’s argument filed · contradictor
  12. The court appointed an adviser to put the other side · Shen Jiaben J
  13. Earlier sources consulted · contradictor
  14. Earlier sources consulted · contradictor
  15. Opinion reserved · Shen Jiaben J
  16. Earlier sources consulted · court
  17. Reference filed · registrar