Supreme Court Sides With IRS in Long-Running Taxpayer Dispute

Justice Gorsuch dissented, saying the court had given the IRS ‘a powerful new tool to avoid accountability for its mistakes.’

The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on June 3, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against a taxpayer, finding that an IRS decision to abandon a collection method and seize taxpayer assets in another way deprived a lower court of authority to hear her appeal.

The nation’s highest court issued an 8–1 ruling in Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Zuch on June 12, with Justice Amy Coney Barrett writing the majority opinion.