Air Cargo Firm Files Suit Over IRS Tax Levies After Settlement

Miami-based freight logistics company Cargo Express International Inc. says the government is wrongfully assessing taxes against it despite a settlement.

The company told the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida that it is seeking a refund of wrongfully withheld employee retention tax credits and a declaratory judgment eliminating wrongful assessments from 2011 to 2015.

This case involves a dispute over the IRS’s failure to release federal tax liens, process employee retention credit refunds, and correct account records after accepting and satisfying an “Offer in Compromise” from Cargo Express in 2018. The government assessed just over $1 million ...