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Can the Government Take My Tax Refund?

A maxim for today: The Government giveth, but more often it taketh away. Within the last two weeks, I have been approached and asked by multiple folks, “Can the government take my tax refund?” In this Taxing, Briefly article, we’ll discuss offsetting tax refunds to pay other state and Federal obligations. If you overpay tax to the government (due to over withholding or some other fortuitous circumstance), you are entitled to a refund of this overpayment.

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Scott St. Amand November 4, 2021
Procedural Issues
Abuse of Discretion

Kennedy v. Commissioner (T.C. Memo. 2021-3)

On January 12, 2021, the Tax Court issued a Memorandum Opinion in the case of Kennedy v. Commissioner (T.C. Memo. 2021-3). The issue presented in Kelley was whether the IRS’s whistleblower office abused its discretion in denying the petitioner’s claims. Background The petitioner claimed that three subsidiaries of a taxpayer owed a middling $150m in unpaid excise taxes, penalties, and interest to Uncle Sam.  The IRS Whistleblower Office (WBO) reviewed the claim, and to everyone’s

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Scott St. Amand January 12, 2021
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Can the Government Take My Tax Refund?

A maxim for today: The Government giveth, but more often it taketh away. Within the last two weeks, I have been approached and asked by multiple folks, “Can the government take my tax refund?” In this Taxing, Briefly article, we’ll discuss offsetting tax refunds to pay other state and Federal obligations.

Read More »
Scott St. Amand November 4, 2021

Kennedy v. Commissioner (T.C. Memo. 2021-3)

On January 12, 2021, the Tax Court issued a Memorandum Opinion in the case of Kennedy v. Commissioner (T.C. Memo. 2021-3). The issue presented in Kelley was whether the IRS’s whistleblower office abused its discretion in denying the petitioner’s claims. Background The petitioner claimed that three subsidiaries of a taxpayer

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Scott St. Amand January 12, 2021