Today the Tax Court decided Taylor v. Commissioner, a case involving a lien and a levy. While the case itself is interesting (the petitioner is a famous singer), it’s the Court’s conclusion that interested me:
Both petitioner and respondent repeatedly commented on petitioner’s stature as a beloved and well-known professional singer as support for their respective positions in these consolidated cases. We disagree with both parties insofar as they contend that a taxpayer’s celebrity status is somehow relevant to what this Court must do in deciding whether the Commissioner’s collection action may proceed. Every taxpayer, no matter how famous or notorious, has a legal obligation to honestly report and pay his or her income tax liability each year and is entitled to fair enforcement of Federal tax laws. [footnote omitted]
Anyone who believes that Secretary Geithner was treated identically to how you or I would be treated, please step forward….
Where do I go to get the same treatment as Mr. Geithner? The tax I paid was nothing compared to the interest and penalties, to say nothing of the Tax Court hiding the “original” decision only to find out 9 years later we actually “won” our case not lost as we had been informed. How do I get justice?
It is a sad day in this country when there is special treatment for some and have it splashed all over the news and rubbed in our faces.
D Snow