Sweilem v. Illinois Dept. of Revenue

Appellant-taxpayers Farid and Khalil Sweilem (taxpayers) appeal the judgment of the circuit court of Cook County affirming the denial by the Illinois Department of Revenue (the Department) of taxpayers’ request to vacate notices of penalty liability (NPL) and remand the matter to the Department for a hearing on the issue of taxpayers’ personal liability. Taxpayers allege that the Department’s NPLs were ineffective because it failed to notify their attorneys pursuant to statute and, alternatively, if the NPLs were properly issued to taxpayers, the Department failed to meet due process…