National Organization For Marriage – No Recovery Of Attorney Fees In Case Against IRS
Originally published on Forbes.com. Judge James C. Cacheris has ruled last week (10/16/14) that the National Organization for Marriage is not entitled to the nearly...
IRS Collection Action Can Be Delayed For A Long Time
If you don’t pay your tax, IRS collections can, ultimately, take your stuff (levy) or tell other people who owe you money to pay them instead of you – or else. As you can see from this case, it is possible to keep that wolf from the door for a really long time. Mr. Hauptman presented offers in compromise in August 1997 and March 1998, which were both rejected as inadequate. A third offer was made in July 2005 which was deemed to be made “solely to delay collection activity”. A fourth offer was submitted on February 10, 2010. It was for $500,000.
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Over and over again courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging one’s affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everybody does so, rich or poor; and all do right, for nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands: taxes are enforced exactions, not voluntary contributions. To demand more in the name of morals is mere cant.