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mahatmakanejeeves

(68,367 posts)
Wed Mar 1, 2023, 09:15 AM Mar 2023

I'll bet you weren't expecting this.

The Supreme Court sides with a taxpayer in a case about reporting requirements for foreign bank accounts. The question was whether the failure to file a tax form disclosing multiple accounts was a single violation or multiple violations. SCOTUS says 5-4 it's a single violation.

Here's the opinion from Neil Gorsuch in Bittner v. United States: https://supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/21-1195_h3ci.pdf. Jackson joins the opinion in full; Roberts, Alito, & Kavanaugh join in part. Barrett dissents, joined by Thomas, Sotomayor, & Kagan.


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I'll bet you weren't expecting this. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 OP
Getting a bad link. Can you summarize what the opinion says? Scrivener7 Mar 2023 #1
It's not so much the opinion; it's who joined with whom that's of interest. mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 #2
Shoot me now. I agree with Barrett. Scrivener7 Mar 2023 #3

mahatmakanejeeves

(68,367 posts)
2. It's not so much the opinion; it's who joined with whom that's of interest.
Wed Mar 1, 2023, 09:28 AM
Mar 2023

Anyway,

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/21-1195_h3ci.pdf

I've added some text to the OP to provide a bit more explanation.

And good morning.

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