No. 22-335

Richard Collins v. United States

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2022-10-11
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: bank-secrecy-act due-process fbar-penalty internal-revenue-service irs proportionality tax-reporting treasury-department willful-failure
Latest Conference: 2022-12-02
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the Government overreached by imposing any penalty on a taxpayer who owed no additional income tax and voluntarily amended his tax return before the IRS alerted him to a problem.

In the alternative, whether the assessment of a $308,064 penalty is an abuse of discretion on these facts.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Government overreached by imposing any penalty on a taxpayer who owed no additional income tax and voluntarily amended his tax return before the IRS alerted him to a problem

Docket Entries

2022-12-05
Petition DENIED.
2022-11-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/2/2022.
2022-11-07
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2022-10-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 10, 2022)
2022-09-06
Application (22A201) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until October 6, 2022.
2022-08-31
Application (22A201) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 4, 2022 to October 6, 2022, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Richard Collins
Jed Michael SilversmithLaw Office of Jed Silversmith LLC, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent