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Priority of IRS Liens in Bankruptcy: Reminder That the King Gets Paid First

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So starts the opinion of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in United States v. MacKenzie: “As Benjamin Franklin said, ‘nothing is certain except death and taxes.’ But how certain are taxes in a Chapter...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

Exclusive Relationship, the Tax Man Settleth, and Meet Virginia?

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Below is our initial take on recent bankruptcy-related developments: Yellow’s Shareholders Get Desired Ruling in Delaware Bankruptcy Court - On Monday, a Delaware bankruptcy court granted Yellow Corp. a 90-day...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Bankruptcy Ruling Highlights Longer Lookback Trend

Projections suggest over 1 million bankruptcy petitions will be filed in 2021. In preparing for those filings, counsel routinely evaluate the prospective creditor pool to determine, inter alia, the types of creditors, claim...more

McGlinchey Stafford

Straddle-Year Tax Debts in Bankruptcy: Does the King Get Paid First? [More with McGlinchey, Ep. 14]

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The Internal Revenue Service is often a significant creditor in a bankruptcy proceeding, frequently taking priority over other creditors. In this episode, McGlinchey Tax attorney Douglas Charnas (Washington, DC) and Financial...more

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Decade Old Transactions Potentially Subject to Bankruptcy Clawback in Massachusetts

Transfers and transactions up to ten years old may be scrutinized, unwound and recovered by a trustee, the bankruptcy court sitting in Massachusetts recently held in the NECCO (think chalky wafer candy) bankruptcy case. The...more

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IRS Pays $175,000 in Damages for Willfully Violating Bankruptcy Discharge By Making Collection Attempts Upon Discharged Debtor

In a battle of competing statutes, the First Circuit Court of Appeals has held that the IRS’s good faith belief that it had a right to collect debts discharged in bankruptcy because the debtor had filed a fraudulent return or...more

Mintz - Bankruptcy & Restructuring Viewpoints

Bankruptcy Settlements Post-Jevic: Potential New Requirements for Priority-Altering Settlements

As noted in a recent Distressing Matters post, the United States Supreme Court in In re Jevic Holding Corp. held that debtors cannot use structured dismissals to make payments to creditors in violation of ordinary bankruptcy...more

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