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U.S. Court Holds Denial of Passport Renewal for Delinquent Taxpayers is Constitutional

16 March 2021

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On 8 March 2021, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia issued its decision in the case of Craig Thomas Jones, v. the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, Commission of Internal Revenue, and Secretary of State on the constitutionality of denying the renewal of passports of taxpayers with significant tax debts. Jones has a federal income tax liability for several years, which totaled USD 404,928.24. As a result of his liability, the Department of the Treasury, through the Internal Revenue Service, certified Jones as having "seriously delinquent tax debt" pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 7345. Thereafter, the...