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Supreme Court· 5/22/1978

Slodov v. United States

Citations

  • 436 U.S. 238
  • 98 S. Ct. 1778
  • 56 L. Ed. 2d 251
  • 1978 U.S. LEXIS 91
  • 42 A.F.T.R.2d (RIA) 5011

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  • holding that new management is not liable under § 6672 for trust fund delinquencies in existence at the time the new management took control
  • recognizing that section 6672 “does not impose an absolute duty on the responsible person to pay back taxes,” and “cannot be construed to impose liability without fault.”
  • concluding that Congress meant this phrase \to limit 6672 to persons responsible for collection of third-party taxes and not to limit it to those persons in a position to perform all three of the enumerated duties\
  • concluding that the word “and” was used disjunctively in 26 U.S.C. § 6672 which imposed a tax penalty on “[a]ny person required to collect, truthfully account for, and pay over any tax imposed by this title”
  • stating that “[t]here is no general requirement that the withheld sums be segregated from the employer’s general funds,” and thereby necessarily implying that the sums are “withheld” whether or not segregated
  • finding that business tax obligations, including liabilities for unpaid employee withholding taxes, are non-consumer debts

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Judges: Brennan, Stewart, Marshall, Powell, Rehnquist, Stevens, White, Burger, Blackmun

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