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· 3/11/1987

The Purdy Company of Illinois, an Illinois Corporation v. United States

Citations

  • 814 F.2d 1183
  • 59 A.F.T.R.2d (RIA) 748
  • 1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 3545

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  • enumerating the IRS’s remedies to collect delinquent withholding taxes under the Tax Code
  • “[Taxpayer had significant authority to control the financial affairs of [the corporation] and freely exercised that power to direct payment of [corporate] funds to certain creditors in preference to the withholding tax obligation.”
  • “The mere fact that some other creditor, including the taxpayer, might be owed a debt by Pontiac— even a debt incurred against the (informal) security of the funds in question — does not alter the general requirement that such funds be paid over against back taxes.”

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Judges: Bauer, Cudahy, Ripple

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