Failure to File Tax Return

Official mitigating conditions in play

The formal mitigating conditions (by official paragraph) that case profiles identified on this issue, in cases that were granted vs denied. Extracted for a subset of cases; counts are cases, not percentages of everything. Read what each condition says.

What judges credited in granted cases

Specific circumstances the judge expressly credited, among the granted cases on this issue where that detail was extracted (a subset of the record, so these are raw counts, not rates).

• acknowledgment and remorse · credited in 3 granted cases
• tax returns filed late · credited in 2 granted cases
• payment plan with IRS · credited in 1 granted case

Recent decided examples

• ISCR 23-01048 granted · 2024
  the national interest to grant the Applicant eligibility for access to classified information. The Applicant, a 46-year-old defense contractor, faced security concerns under Guidelines H (Drug Invol…
• ISCR 06-26675 granted · 2008
  The applicant in this case was a 58-year-old painter employed by a defense contractor at a U.S. Navy shipyard since 1972. The allegations against him, outlined in the Statement of Reasons (SOR), invol…
• ISCR 19-03693 denied · 2023
  The applicant in this case was a 38-year-old individual who owned an information technology company and had previously held a security clearance since 2007. The Department of Defense issued a Statemen…
• ISCR 19-01643.a1 denied · 2021
  The applicant in this case was a military veteran with over 20 years of experience holding a security clearance. The Department of Defense (DoD) denied her security clearance based on concerns under G…

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