Unpaid Federal/State Taxes

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).

• debt paid in full · credited in 4 granted cases
• chapter 13 bankruptcy · credited in 1 granted case
• financial counseling · credited in 1 granted case
• payment plan with IRS · credited in 1 granted case

Recent decided examples

• ISCR 22-00841 granted · 2023
  The applicant in this case was a 53-year-old employee of a government contractor who sought a security clearance. The Department of Defense issued a Statement of Reasons (SOR) citing security concerns…
• ISCR 06-25839 granted · 2007
  The applicant in this case sought a security clearance for his employment with a defense contractor, facing allegations under Guideline F (financial considerations) due to a history of financial diffi…
• ISCR 19-03625 denied · 2022
  The applicant in this case was a 52-year-old database administrator employed by a defense contractor, seeking to retain his secret security clearance. The adjudicative guideline at issue was Guideline…
• 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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