Legal Opinion
Proposed Tax Assessment Against the United States Postal Service
Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel
Decided April 22, 1977Published
1Opinion of the Court
April 22, 1977 77-22 MEMORANDUM OPINION FOR THE ACTING ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL, TAX DIVISION Proposed Tax Assessment Against the United States Postal Service This is in response to your request for our opinion as to the available remedies to resolve a dispute between the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Postal Service. In our opinion, the question for consider ation is the justiciability of a dispute between the IRS and another executive branch entity regarding Federal taxes to be paid by the latter. We conclude that there is no reasonable basis to believe that such a dispute over…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- United States v. NixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Powell v. McCormackSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Federal Maritime Board v. Isbrandtsen Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Secretary of Agriculture v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- United States Ex Rel. Chapman v. Federal Power CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
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