Would You Take on a Job if the IRS Had Discretion to Decide Whether You Got Paid?

Raelinn Spiekhout was the personal representative of the estate of Deborah Scott. The estate was subject to claims of over $1.8 million dollars, including IRS claims for $591,406.05. The principal asset of the estate was real estate worth $282,000. After litigation involving the priority of payment of creditors, the issue came down to whether the personal representative was entitled to be paid compensation and expenses out of the proceeds of sale of the real estate, or whether the IRS, by reason of tax liens filed during the decedent’s lifetime, was entitled to all the net proceeds. . .