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25-988 Stephanie Murrin v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Third Circuit 2026-02-19 Pending circuit-split innocent-taxpayer-liability internal-revenue-code statute-of-limitations tax-assessment-limitations tax-fraud Whether, under 26 U.S.C. § 6501(c)(1), the IRS may assess tax beyond the Code's three-year limitations period based solely on the fraudulent intent of…
25-6824 Ronald DiPietro v. United States Sixth Circuit 2026-02-17 Pending IFP affirmative-act felony internal-revenue-code omission sixth-circuit tax-evasion Whether an affirmative act of evasion, as opposed to omission of information, is required to establish felony tax evasion under 26 U.S.C. § 7201?
25-680 Bernard T. Swift, Jr., et ux. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Fifth Circuit 2025-12-11 Pending Amici (1) administrative-procedure internal-revenue-code penalty-assessment statutory-construction supervisory-approval tax-law When must an IRS employee secure written supervisory approval for a penalty assessment to be valid?
25A538 Village of Scarsdale, New York v. Scott Bessent, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of the Department of the Treasury and Acting Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, et al. Second Circuit 2025-11-07 Application administrative-law charitable-contributions chevron-deference internal-revenue-code statutory-interpretation tax-deduction Question not identified.
25-358 Carl L. Collins, III v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-09-25 Denied Response Waived due-process evidence-rule-404b fair-trial internal-revenue-code napue-v-illinois tax-reporting 1. Whether the lower courts violated, Napue v. Illinois, 360 U.S. 264, 269 (1959), thus effectuating a constitutional violation below and establishing…
23-1361 William Edward Powell v. Janet L. Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury, et al. District of Columbia 2024-07-01 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-procedure-act circuit-split disclosure-refusal freedom-of-information-act internal-revenue-code judicial-review tax-returns taxpayer-disclosure Is § 6103 a specific statute displacing FOIA, so that the remedy for taxpayers to compel disclosure of their returns and return information is a suit …
23-903 David E. Stone, et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Eleventh Circuit 2024-02-21 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure-act bundled-mortgages executive-branch executive-branch-discretion income-tax internal-revenue-code mortgage-taxation sovereign-immunity tax-collection Whether the Commissioner, as an arm of the executive branch, has absolute discretion and sovereign immunity under the Administrative Procedure Act to …
23-436 Vikki E. Paulson, et al. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-10-26 Denied beneficiaries estate-taxes government-collection internal-revenue-code irs personal-liability tax-lien transferee-liability transferees trustees Does 26 U.S.C. § 6324(a)(2) allow the Government to impose personal liability on transferees, trustees or beneficiaries who receive property from the …
23-4 John Thomas Minemyer v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Tenth Circuit 2023-06-30 Denied Response Waived internal-revenue-code irs-penalties legislative-history legislative-intent penalty-assessment statutory-interpretation supervisory-approval tax-code tax-court Does the legislative history and intent combined with the Tax Court Judicial history, the internal revenue manual instructions, and the Supreme Courts…
22-974 Charles J. Weiss v. United States Third Circuit 2023-04-07 Denied Response Waived appeals certiorari collection-due-process due-process internal-revenue-code levy-actions limitations-period statutory-interpretation tax-law writ-of-certiorari Whether the Internal Revenue Code ("IRC") provision providing for the suspension of levy actions and the running of any period of limitations "for the…
22-814 William R. Tinnerman v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-02-28 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure district-court-jurisdiction flora-rule internal-revenue-code jurisdiction jurisdictional-prerequisite standing statutory-interpretation tax-refund 1. Under the language of 28 U.S.C. §1346(a)(1), is full payment of tax alleged to be owed for an entire taxable period a jurisdictional prerequisite f…
22-808 Joe Alfred Izen, Jr. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Fifth Circuit 2023-02-27 Denied Response Waived charitable-deduction deadlines equitable-tolling hardship-exemption I.R.C.-170(f)(12) internal-revenue-code statutory-interpretation substantiation-deadline substantiation-evidence summary-judgment tax-law 1. Whether equitable tolling may extend substantiation evidence gathering deadlines under I.R.C. § 170(f)(12). 2. Whether Congress lacks the power to…
22-5793 Thomas A. Forrest, et ux. v. United States Federal Circuit 2022-10-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling internal-revenue-code judicial-precedent military-benefits military-retirees statutory-interpretation tax tax-recovery 1. Whether the Supreme Court erred in their interpretation of the Internal Revenue Code in United States v. Brockamp, 519 U.S. 347 (1997) by disallowi…
22-9 Whirlpool Financial Corporation, et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Sixth Circuit 2022-07-05 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law income-taxation internal-revenue-code regulations sixth-circuit sixth-circuit-precedent statutory-interpretation tax-court tax-law treasury-regulations Whether the divided Sixth Circuit properly held—in conflict with precedent of this Court and settled administrative-law principles—that a statute that…
21-8220 Mary Alice Nelson-Rogers v. Internal Revenue Service, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-06-23 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure constitutional-limitations damages federal-court-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction internal-revenue-code moot-controversies mootness standing 1. Involves both constitutional limitations on federal court jurisdiction and prudential limitations on its exercise concerning moot controversies. Th…
21-490 Judith S. Coffey, et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Eighth Circuit 2021-10-04 Denied even if it is subsequently determined that the ta assessment-period bona-fide-resident internal-revenue-code section-6501(a) section-932(c)(2) statute-of-limitations tax-filing tax-return u.s.-virgin-islands Whether a Form 1040 (U.S. Individual Income Tax Return) filed with the U.S. Virgin Islands Bureau of Internal Revenue ("VIBIR") pursuant to Section 93…
20-1472 Boechler, P.C. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Eighth Circuit 2021-04-21 Judgment Issued Amici (6) claim-processing-rule equitable-tolling internal-revenue-code jurisdiction jurisdictional-requirement tax-court tax-law time-limit Whether the time limit in Section 6330(d)(1) is a jurisdictional requirement or a claim-processing rule subject to equitable tolling.
20-1388 Alice Perkins, et vir v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Second Circuit 2021-04-06 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 1842-treaty canandaigua-treaty federal-income-tax federal-tax-law income-taxation internal-revenue-code native-american-rights seneca-nation treaty-interpretation treaty-obligations This Court is presented with a question of first impression, as to the taxability of income derived from the sale of sand and gravel, mined from treat…
20-6639 Todd Anthony Aurit v. Colorado Colorado 2020-12-16 Denied IFP detention-authority foreign-estate foreign-person foreign-trust internal-revenue-code non-us-person tax-treaties tax-treaty taxpayer-relief-act 1. Whether the Court should resolve the following questions for which the higher state court denied last resort in this case: does the State of Colora…
20-690 Michael Sang Han v. United States District of Columbia 2020-11-18 Denied circuit-split income income-classification intent intent-analysis internal-revenue-code james-v-united-states loan loan-proceeds tax-law May a court consider factors other than the parties' intent in determining whether a transfer of funds constitutes a non-taxable loan under the Intern…
20-620 Anthony Dwayne Williams, et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Fifth Circuit 2020-11-09 Denied Response Waived constitutional-protections constitutional-rights due-process excise-tax federal-income-tax internal-revenue-code nontaxpayer nontaxpayer-status statutory-notice tax-assessment tax-liability taxpayer Should the United States Federal Income Tax be viewed in a different way (or perspective) when determining the assessment for the liability or penalty…
19-929 Louis S. Shuman, et ux. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Fourth Circuit 2020-01-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 5th-amendment administrative-procedure civil-procedure due-process internal-revenue-code irs judicial-review standing tax tax-law Whether the IRS and lower Courts application of IRC 6214(b) and IRC 6402 violate the Due Process Clause of the 5th Amendment.
19-5714 Dianne Michele Carter v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-08-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitution constitutional-interpretation constitutional-supremacy due-process federal-rules internal-revenue-code judicial-procedure legislative-interpretation separation-of-powers service-of-process standing takings 1. If the courts are to regard the Constitution and the Constitution is superior to any ordinary act of the legislature, is it the Constitution, and n…
19-214 Michael R. Presley, et al. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-08-19 Denied Response Waived circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights due-process financial-privacy internal-revenue-code notice-requirements preemption right-to-financial-privacy standing summons-enforcement tax tax-investigation third-party-summons Whether, by holding that the federal Right to Financial Privacy Act was fully preempted by the Internal Revenue Code despite the Tenth Circuit's decis…
19-10 James W. Smith v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-07-01 Denied Response Waived assessment collection due-process internal-revenue-code mandatory-provisions notice payment sovereign-capacity statute-of-limitations tax-court-jurisdiction tax-deficiency transferee-liability 1. The Meaning of "Shall" in the Internal Revenue Code. Sections 6501(a), 6213(a), and 6901(a) of the Internal Revenue Code all provide that the Gove…
18-1541 Yassine Baouch, et al. v. Werner Enterprises, Inc., dba Werner Trucking, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-06-13 Denied circuit-conflict employee-reimbursement employment-law fair-labor-standards-act internal-revenue-code minimum-wage per-diem per-diem-payments reimbursement wage-classification wages Under what circumstances do per diem payments to an employee constitute wages, rather than reimbursement, under section 207(e)(2) of the FLSA?
18-1520 Michael A. Tricarichi, Transferee v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Ninth Circuit 2019-06-06 Denied Response Waived 9th-circuit federal-income-tax fraudulent-transfer internal-revenue-code irc-6901 state-law tax-court third-party-conduct transferee-liability Whether a tax court in applying fraudulent transfer principles for imposing transferee liability with respect to a taxpayer must utilize the fraudulen…
18-1479 Jason P. Stinson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-28 Denied Response Waived 26-usc-7402 burden-of-proof disgorge disgorgement due-process due-process,tax-preparation,26-usc-7402,permanent- evidence injunction internal-revenue-code litigation-conduct permanent-injunction tax-preparation tax-preparer 1. Whether issuing a permanent injunction and an order to disgorge $949,000 against the owner of a tax preparation business under 26 U.S.C. § 7402 of …
18-1425 Naren Chaganti v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Eighth Circuit 2019-05-14 Denied Response Waived binding court-order hearsay hearsay-exception internal-revenue-code internal-revenue-code-162(f) litigation-sanctions parties standing stipulations tax-court-rule tax-court-rule-91-a-e tax-court-stipulations tax-cuts-and-jobs-act tax-cuts-and-jobs-act-2017 1) Whether stipulations filed under Tax Court Rule 91(a) & (e) are binding on the parties and the Tax Court. 2) Whether statements in a court order i…
18-1177 Bradford G. Peters, as Executor of the Estate of Andrew J. McKelvey, Deceased v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Second Circuit 2019-03-12 Denied administrative-law fair-notice internal-revenue-code judicial-gap-filling phantom-regulation separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation tax-law tax-law-exceptionalism tax-regulation treasury-delegation treasury-regulations Whether, or under what circumstances, the Judiciary may enforce an ambiguous provision of the Internal Revenue Code by filling a statutory gap, when C…
18-985 BMP Family Limited Partnership, et al. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-29 Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process financial-records fourth-amendment internal-revenue-code katz-v-united-states neece-v-irs non-party-clients preemption privacy right-to-financial-privacy right-to-privacy standing summons-privacy tax-summons The issue is whether the court below erroneously held that the issuance of summonses under 26 U.S.C. § 7609 preempts the privacy rights of non-party c…
18-831 Michael Presley, et al. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-03 Denied 4th-amendment civil-rights due-process financial-privacy financial-records fourth-amendment internal-revenue-code irs-investigation preemption right-to-financial-privacy-act right-to-privacy tax-summons third-party-summons The issue is whether the court below erroneously held that the issuance of summonses under 26 U.S.C. § 7609 preempts the privacy rights of non-party c…
18-568 Bart H. Rippl v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-10-31 Denied Response Waived 5th-amendment administrative-law civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process fifth-amendment internal-revenue-code statutory-interpretation substantive-regulations Does the Fifth Amendment's "due process of law" guarantee apply to the specific language set forth in the Internal Revenue Code and other laws, and in…