Tax Court Judges are appointed by the President of the United States for 15 year terms.

Nationwide there are 19 regular court judges, 11 senior judges and 5 special judges.

There are approximately 30,000 tax cases handled by the US Tax Court each year.

93 to 95% percent of of tax court cases that are put on the calendar are settled in the months leading up to the actual court date.

Of the 5% to 7% of tax cases that actually are heard by the judge, the IRS wins more cases than it loses.  But what about the others that settled beforehand and won?

More information about tax court can be found at www.ustaxcourt.gov