November 09, 2026
A Tennessee federal judge reversed an order stopping the government from collecting an aircraft trader's $14 million tax debt, saying a bankruptcy court improperly concluded that the government's position that the debt couldn't be discharged was at odds with its receipt of $3.7 million in related litigation.
August 07, 2023
A bankruptcy court wrongly stopped the government from collecting an aircraft trader's $14 million tax debt, the U.S. told a Tennessee federal court, saying the lower court never established that the government had engaged in the high-level misconduct required to justify blocking collection activity.
June 05, 2023
The government should be allowed to collect more than $14 million in tax debt from an aircraft trader who claimed $12 million in fictitious deductions and then declared bankruptcy, the U.S. told a Tennessee federal court, saying a bankruptcy court wrongly accused the IRS of scheming and misconduct.