[Catspaw]

She didn't get a criminal conviction or do jail time, but she really won nothing. According to Judge Napolitano:

She owes a lot of money. You're talking about $1 million worth of income and easily $250,00 in taxes for which they will sue her and for which they will probably get a judgment. And if she doesn't pay, they will levy on her assets. But she is not going to jail. The government has lost its shot to convict her of a crime.

I'll have to do some checking, but if the IRS levies & seizes her assets, she won't be left with much.

[MarkT]

I am not a lawyer but it seems that the same defense that saved her from criminal liability may assist her in a civil case. She solicited information from the Government as to why and what she owed and the basis on which the Government made that determination and was ignored (until the indictment.) If there is no note or other contractural obligation and nothing was paid on "the obligation" by the Obligor and the party representing the Obligee would not or could not explain, then there must be a strong presumption that there is no obligation. Candidly, I would not want to be in her position but she should demand a jury trial in that case also and roll the dice - I sincerely wish her well.

[Michael.SF.]

I'll have to do some checking, but if the IRS levies & seizes her assets, she won't be left with much.

If anything, that is an understatement.

My brother-in-law, who is an attorney, got crosswise with the IRS a number of years ago. Amongst the things they took from his law office where his Grandfather's shillelagh (walking stick) and hi other Grandfather's Buffalo rifle. Both were later purchased back from the IRS at a greatly inflated price based on their sentimental value.

[HeadOn]

if the IRS levies & seizes her assets, she won't be left with much.

Don't bet on it. She's a FedEx pilot...

[Lancey Howard]

I hear ads on the radio all the time from tax lawyers who promise to "settle your IRS debt for pennies on the dollar". I think Vernice should give one of these guys a call.