In 2012, the well-known Micjo decision came down from one of Florida’s appellate courts. In Micjo, the court ruled that Florida’s other tobacco products tax (“OTP”) should only apply to the tobacco product itself and not on other charges such as shipping and federal excise tax.  Squarely against that ruling Florida’s Department of Business and…

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The IRS has started in 2018 enforcing the federal tax law revoking a taxpayer’s passport if the person is certified as having a seriously delinquent federal tax debt.  What is a seriously delinquent tax debt? According to the Internal Revenue Code § 7345, a seriously delinquent tax debt means an unpaid legally enforceable federal tax…

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