In re Young

171 F. Supp. 317, 1959 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 3587
CourtDistrict Court, W.D. Wisconsin
DecidedJanuary 25, 1959
DocketNo. 8828
StatusPublished
Cited by2 cases

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In re Young, 171 F. Supp. 317, 1959 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 3587 (W.D. Wis. 1959).

Opinion

STONE, District Judge.

The above entitled matter having come on to be heard on the 25th day of February, 1959, pursuant to the government’s Petition For Review Of Referee’s Order, briefs having been filed herein by the Industrial Commission of Wisconsin and the United States of America, oral argument having been had, and the Court being fully advised in the premises, now makes findings of fact, conclusions of law, and order as follows:

Findings of Fact

I.

That the Industrial Commission of Wisconsin on July 31, 1957 filed a priority claim in this bankruptcy for delinquent unemployment compensation taxes [318]*318for the first and second quarters of 1957 in the sum of One Hundred Ninety-nine and 90/100 ($199.90) Dollars.

II.

That the United States of America on December 11, 1957 filed its original priority "claim for unpaid payroll taxes for 1956 and 1957; on February 26, 1958 that creditor filed an amended claim for such taxes in the sum of One Thousand Three Hundred Thirty-seven and 91/100 ($1,337.91) Dollars.

III.

That the government’s claims alleged that a portion of the claim due under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act was secured by a “lien” represented by a Notice of Tax Lien filed with the Register of Deeds on December 28, 1956 (District Director’s Lien Number 23418; M-481) with said Notice reciting September 7, 1956 as the date of assessment and the date on which notice and demand were given to the bankrupt(s).

IV.

That the government’s claims requested the payment of interest at 6% per annum on Eight Hundred Eighteen and 67/100 ($818.67) Dollars from the date of the filing of the petition in bankruptcy, i.e., May 17, 1957, “to date of payment and/or termination of proceedings.”

V.

That at the present time all allowed expenses of administration have been fully paid and there is currently available for distribution to tax creditors the sum of One Thousand Four Hundred Seventy-six and 60/100 ($1,476.60) Dollars.

Conclusions of Law

The United States of America is the holder of a perfected statutory tax lien as to a portion of its tax claim.

The statutory lien in favor of the United States is postponed in payment to both the expenses of administration and wage claims pursuant to the express provisions of Section 67, sub. c of the Federal Bankruptcy Act, 11 U.S.C.A. § 107, sub. c.

Post-bankruptcy interest does not accrue on any tax claim, whether liened or unliened.

The Industrial Commission of Wisconsin is the holder of a priority claim for unpaid unemployment compensation taxes in the sum of One Hundred Ninety-nine and 90/100 ($199.90) Dollars.

The United States of America is the holder of a priority claim for unpaid payroll taxes in the sum of One Thousand Three Hundred Thirty-seven and 91/100 ($1,337.91) Dollars.

Order

It Is Ordered that the January 23, 1959 Order of the Referee be, and the same hereby is, affirmed in all respects, and this Court adopts as its own the Decision, Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Order of the Referee, referred to in the Petition herein.

Referee’s Decision On Objections By The Industrial Commission of Wisconsin To Tax Claim of The United States Supported By Statutory Tax Lien In So Far As It Includes Interest After Bankruptcy Is Filed And Until Tax Is Paid.

Bankruptcy

Frank R. Young, Jr., and Lorenz L. Boll, co-partners trading as Major Roofing Company, filed voluntary petitions in bankruptcy on May 17,1957.

Disposition of Assets

The Frank R. Young, Jr., and the Lorenz L. Boll, individual cases, were closed as “no asset” affairs.

In the Major Roofing Company, the partnership case, a trustee was appointed and all assets of the partnership consisting entirely of personalty, were sold by him pursuant to court order.

[319]*319Funds Remaining For Tax Claims

After priorities (costs of administration — See Sec. 67, sub. c Bankruptcy Act, 11 U.S.C.A. § 107, sub. c) were paid by the court, there remains in the hands of the trustee for all tax claimants the sum of $1476.60.

Tax Claims Filed

But two tax claims were filed herein, and these are as follows:

1. The United States in the amount of $1337.91 “together with additional interest due at 6% per annum on $818.67 from 5/17/57 (date of filing of bankruptcy petitions) to date of payment and/or termination of proceedings”.

2. Industrial Commission of Wisconsin $199.90.

(The interest claimed by the United States on $818.67 is for a period now estimated by the Referee at about 1% years at 6% or $73.68, making the government’s total claim with post-bankruptcy interest demanded about $1410.-59).

Statutory Tax Lien

The Referee finds for the purposes of this case, and the finding is not in issue, that the United States has a perfected statutory tax lien in the amount of $818.-67, under and pursuant to 26 U.S.C.A. (I.R.C.1954) Sections 6321 and 6322, perfected prior to bankruptcy.

Estate Insolvent

No dividend was declared in this case to general creditors.

There were insufficient funds remaining, after costs of administration, to fully pay tax claims with interest even to the date of bankruptcy.

Objection

The Industrial Commission of Wisconsin, a tax claimant herein, whose interests will be adversely affected by the allowance of post-bankruptcy interest on the United States claim, has timely objected to the United States claim for post-bankruptcy interest.

Contentions

The United States, while conceding that post-bankruptcy interest is not recoverable on ordinary tax claims, contends that the perfection of its statutory tax lien prior to bankruptcy renders it a secured creditor, and, as such, entitled to interest on its liened claim until such time as the claim is paid, that is, the claim is for post-bankruptcy interest on the liened claim.

The Industrial Commission concedes that in the case of some types of secured claims, for example, by mortgagees in a mortgage on real property where there is sufficiency of funds for the purpose, post-bankruptcy interest is collectible, but contends that the perfected tax lien is not the type or form of secured claim that has this privilege, and contends, further, that post-bankruptcy interest is not allowable on any form of tax claim, the ordinary type or one wherein the claim is supported, augmented or secured by a statutory tax lien.

No Express Provision For Post-Bankruptcy Interest On Tax Claims.

It is conceded that there is no express statutory provision for post-bankruptcy interest in the case of (a) unliened tax claims or (b) in the case of liened tax claims.

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