Rule 171. Election of Small Tax Case Procedure
With respect to classification of a case as a small tax case, the following shall apply:
(a)
A petitioner who wishes to have the proceedings in the case conducted as a small tax case may so request at the time the petition is filed. See Rule
173.
(b)
A petitioner may, at any time after the petition is filed and before trial, request that the proceedings be conducted as a small tax case.
(c)
If such request is made in accordance with the provisions of this Rule
171, then the case will be docketed as a small tax case. The Court, on its own motion or on the motion of a party to the case, may, at any time before the trial commences, issue an order directing that the small tax case designation be removed and that the proceedings not be conducted under the Small Tax Case Rules. If no such order is issued, then the petitioner will be considered to have exercised the petitioner’s option and the Court shall be deemed to have concurred therein, at the commencement of the trial.