Monica Toth, Petitioner v. United States

  1. June 05, 2023

    Justices Won't Reconsider Hearing $3M FBAR Challenge

    The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to reconsider its decision not to hear the case of a woman who argued that her $3 million penalty for failing to report foreign bank accounts was too severe and violated the U.S. Constitution.

  2. February 21, 2023

    Justices Told To Save FBAR Case For 8th Amendment Ruling

    A Boston woman facing $3 million in penalties for failing to report her Swiss bank account asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider its denial of her request to review the penalties, saying the court has since agreed to take up a case that similarly implicates the Eighth Amendment.

  3. January 23, 2023

    Gorsuch Dissents Over Justices' Nix Of $3M FBAR Challenge

    The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to review a Boston woman's challenge to $3 million in penalties for failing to report her Swiss bank account, but Justice Neil Gorsuch disagreed, saying the U.S. government may have violated the woman's constitutional protection against excessive fines.

  4. November 29, 2022

    US Urges Justices To Skip Woman's $3M FBAR Challenge

    The U.S. Supreme Court shouldn't review a woman's challenge to over $3 million in foreign bank account reporting penalties assessed by the IRS, the federal government said, arguing an appeals court correctly concluded that the constitutional prohibition on excessive fines didn't apply.

  5. September 28, 2022

    Supreme Court Urged To Scrutinize Limits On FBAR Penalties

    The U.S. Supreme Court should secure constitutional protections against extreme government fines after the First Circuit determined that such protections don't apply to IRS foreign account penalties, a think tank and law professor told the court Wednesday.