Re: In the news: U.S. Supreme Court grants certiorari for "tax protester" claim.

Quite the opposite. Wikipedia (yes, we know, but it happens to be footnoted and true) notes that about 2/3 of cert petitions to the Supreme Court are in forma pauperis, mostly from prisoners, and they are much less likely to be granted than normal petitions.

For more than you probably wanted to know about this topic, see:

"D. Stussy" wrote

Not being a "like kind" exchange it gives rise to a reportable transaction where one party receives cash @ $X value in exchange for labor @ $0 basis. Income is reportable and taxable.

For your info: this case was ACCEPTED by the USSC. The IRS has already waived it's right to respond. So much for your assumption that it would be denied, or do you really think they pulled it from 999 others in a hat?

Docket shows Distributed for Conference, does not yet show petition granted or denied.

There's no such thing as "accepted" by the USSC, either in upper or lower case. Other than a few exotic cases which they have to hear, and which this isn't, they either agree to grant certiorari or they don't.

If you'd clicked that link, you'd know that it's currently docketed to be considered at conference next week to decide whether SCOTUS will grant certiorari. I'd be rather surprised if they did.

The fact that the IRS waived response most likely means that they think there is no chance the court will take the case, so why waste staff time on a response.

R's, John