Court Awards $10,000 for Emotional Distress Inflicted by IRS

Doglips · 09-25-2004, 09:39 AM

I just love stories like that

Court Awards $10,000 for Emotional Distress Inflicted by IRS
Friday, September 17, 2004

This month's "Shop Talk" column in the Journal of Taxation has an interesting item about In re Rivera Torres, 309 B.R. 643 (1st Cir. Bankruptcy App. Panel 2004), in which the court awarded a taxpayer $10,000 for "emotional distress" inflicted by the IRS. After the bankruptcy court discharged a married couple's debts, including a $22,000 tax liability, the IRS repeatedly tried to collect on the discharged debt. In awarding the $10,000 damages against the IRS, the court considered the testimony offered by the couple about the emotional damages they suffered from the IRS's aggressive collection tactics. The column concludes:

Unfortunately, [the case] provides little support for stressed-out taxpayers dealing with the IRS prior to their bankruptcies....[W]e hope that other taxpayers don't have to become bankrupt before they can recover damages from [the] IRS in "traumatic" situations.

September 17, 2004 in News | Permalink

Oxford · 09-25-2004, 10:46 AM

Doglips...are you still being harassed by the feds? :insane:

09-25-2004, 10:57 AM

I began getting auditted by the IRS 9 years ago..it lasted 3 years..when it was over they fined me $5000 for 1992 and wrote me a check for the other years

Doglips · 09-25-2004, 04:09 PM

No Papa G not getting hassled by feds..just love when someone gets even with the JB thugs of the IRS

09-25-2004, 09:39 AM	#1
Doglips Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Cocoa Florida Posts: 9,082	Court Awards $10,000 for Emotional Distress Inflicted by IRS I just love stories like that Court Awards $10,000 for Emotional Distress Inflicted by IRS Friday, September 17, 2004 This month's "Shop Talk" column in the Journal of Taxation has an interesting item about In re Rivera Torres, 309 B.R. 643 (1st Cir. Bankruptcy App. Panel 2004), in which the court awarded a taxpayer $10,000 for "emotional distress" inflicted by the IRS. After the bankruptcy court discharged a married couple's debts, including a $22,000 tax liability, the IRS repeatedly tried to collect on the discharged debt. In awarding the $10,000 damages against the IRS, the court considered the testimony offered by the couple about the emotional damages they suffered from the IRS's aggressive collection tactics. The column concludes: Unfortunately, [the case] provides little support for stressed-out taxpayers dealing with the IRS prior to their bankruptcies....[W]e hope that other taxpayers don't have to become bankrupt before they can recover damages from [the] IRS in "traumatic" situations. September 17, 2004 in News \| Permalink

09-25-2004, 10:46 AM	#2
Oxford Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gladstone, Missouri Posts: 14,098 Images: 18 Blog Entries: 4	Doglips...are you still being harassed by the feds? :insane: __________________ "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right".

09-25-2004, 10:57 AM	#3
Logansdad Guest Posts: n/a	I began getting auditted by the IRS 9 years ago..it lasted 3 years..when it was over they fined me $5000 for 1992 and wrote me a check for the other years

09-25-2004, 04:09 PM	#4
Doglips Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Cocoa Florida Posts: 9,082	No Papa G not getting hassled by feds..just love when someone gets even with the JB thugs of the IRS