In The Matter of the Tax Liabilities of John Does, United States Taxpayers (S.D. N.Y. 7/15/21), CL here, the Court ordered the service of a John Doe Summons upon several prominent financial services businesses related to taxpayers who may have used an offshore law firm, Panama Offshore Legal Services for U.S. tax noncompliance. I first cut and paste the order (short 2 pages) and then link to another web offering explaining more about it.
1. The Order
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
IN THE MATTER OF THE TAX
LIABILITIES OF:
JOHN DOES, United States taxpayers who, at any time during the years ended December 31, 2013, through December 31, 2020, used the services of Panama Offshore Legal Services, including its predecessors, subsidiaries, and associates, to establish, maintain, operate, or control any foreign financial account or other asset; any foreign corporation, company, trust, foundation or other legal entity; or any foreign or domestic financial account or other asset in the name of such foreign entity.
Case No. 21 Misc. 424
ORDER GRANTING EX PARTE
PETITION FOR LEAVE TO
SERVE “JOHN DOE”
SUMMONSES
THIS MATTER is before the Court upon the United States of America’s “Ex Parte Petition for Leave to Serve ‘John Doe’ Summonses” (the “Petition”). Based upon a review of the Petition and supporting documents, the Court has determined that the “John Doe” summonses to Federal Express Corporation a/k/a FedEx Express; Fed Ex Ground Package System, Inc. a/k/a FedEx Ground; DHL Express (USA), Inc.; United Parcel Service, Inc.; the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; The Clearing House Payments Company LLC; HSBC Bank USA, N.A.; Citibank, N.A.; Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.; and Bank of America, N.A. (the “Summoned Parties”) relate to the investigation of an ascertainable group or class of persons, that there is a reasonable basis for believing that such group or class of persons has failed or may have failed to comply with any provision of any internal revenue law, and that the information sought to be obtained from the examination of the records or testimony (and the identities of the persons with respect to whose liability the summonses are issued) are not readily available from other sources. Moreover, the information sought to be obtained by the summonses is narrowly [*2] tailored to information that pertains to the failure (or potential failure) of the group or class of persons to comply with one or more provisions of the internal revenue law. It is therefore:
ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the Internal Revenue Service, through Revenue Agent Katy Fuentes or any other authorized officer or agent, may serve Internal Revenue Service “John Doe” summonses upon the Summoned Parties in substantially the form as attached as Exhibits A-F to the May 4, 2021 Declaration of Katy Fuentes, Dkt. No. 4, and Exhibits G-J to the July 15, 2021 Letter from Talia Kramer, Dkt. No. 18. A copy of this Order shall be served together with the summonses.
SO ORDERED.
Dated: July 15, 2021
New York, New York
_____________________________________
GREGORY H. WOODS
United States District Judge
2. The article link – Ram Eachambadi, Federal judge authorizes IRS tax evasion inquiry involving offshore legal services (Jurist 7/20/21), here.
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