Yoder v. Barnhart

ORDER

Over twenty years ago, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) granted Owen Yo-der a tax exemption under 26 U.S.C. § 1402(g), which excused him from paying *729self-employment tax based on religious grounds but also waived his right to Social Security retirement benefits. Yoder argues that his application for this exemption should never have been approved because it was untimely under the statute’s filing deadline, and thus his waiver of benefits was void and does not make him ineligible for benefits now. The district court rejected Yoder’s argument, and because the Social Security Administration…