Anthony Gould v. United States

ORDER

The published order filed April 19, 2010, is hereby WITHDRAWN.

ORDER

The central issue in this case is whether or not the Bankruptcy Court erred in denying the government’s motion to lift the automatic stay to allow the Internal Reve-

nue Service “IRS” to offset the debtor’s income tax overpayment against his outstanding federal income tax liabilities pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 553 and 26 U.S.C. § 6402(a). For the reasons given by our Bankruptcy Appellate Panel in In re Gould, 401 B.R. 415 (9th Cir.BAP 2009), we reverse the decision of the Bankruptcy Court, In re Gould, 389 B.R. 105 (Bkrtcy.…