Supreme Court Update On Tax Cases (March 1, 2022)

Multiple federal tax cases continue to make their way to the U.S. Supreme Court, and it has certainly been interesting to monitor changes and updates to the Court’s docket. I previously wrote a blog on the oral arguments held on January 12, 2022, in Boechler, P.C. v. Comm’r[1] that addressed whether the time limit in Section 6330(d)(1) is a jurisdictional requirement for Tax Court petitions. See CDP Proceedings—Is the Time Limit in Section 6330(d)(1) a Jurisdictional Requirement for Tax Court Petitions?. Even Freeman Law is awaiting the Court’s decision on its Petition for Writ of Certiorari in   Rivero v. Fidelity Invs., Inc.[2] Last week, however, the Supreme Court denied certiorari for three tax cases described in more detail below.

Supreme Court Tax Case Denials

On February 22, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court granted two petitions for a writ of certiorari. At that same time, it denied a multitude of other petitions, including three pertinent tax cases: (1) Maehr v. United States Dep’t of State; (2) Montero v. United States; and (3) Harris v. Comm’r of Internal Revenue.

  1. Maehr v. United States Dep’t of State[3]

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