“According to bankruptcy filings on April 27 and 28, the IRS filed claims worth nearly $44 billion against the firms, including FTX.US and Alameda Research.”
The IRS filed 45 claims worth nearly $44 billion against FTX and its affiliates, $20.4 billion of it against Alameda Research alone. The estate has recovered $7.3 billion. Part of the bill appears to come from reclassifying every contractor as an employee. Filed as administrative priority, the claims go ahead of most unsecured creditors. FTX customers already lost their money. Now they lose their place in line too.