10th Circuit Panel Affirms IRS Entitled To Collect ERISA Benefits For Tax Liabilities

(January 5, 2017, 4:28 PM EST) -- DENVER — Denying two pro se plaintiffs’ appeal, a 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Dec. 16 affirmed a Kansas federal court judge’s ruling that federal law permits the Internal Revenue Service to collect Employee Retirement Income Security Act benefits to satisfy outstanding tax liabilities (Edward Amador, et al. v. Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust, No. 16-3090, 10th Cir.; 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 22353)....