week it sent letters to the department of justice on behalf of the sowers and the irs on behalf of kuran, seeking answers. the irs and doj declined to comment on specific cases. >> the government's able to take property based on mere suspicion that they've done something wrong, and then to force them to prove their innocence in order to get that property back, and that takes the fundamental american principle of innocent until proven guilty and it turns it on its head. >> reporter: the irs changed their policies in 2014, saying that asset forfeiture would be restricted to cases in which property owners were suspected of criminal activity. a new directive followed suit from the doj in march of 2015. the policies are meant to apply towards new cases, but that hasn't stopped the dairy farmer and the convenience store owner from taking on the u.s. government. for "nightly business report," i'm kate r >> and to read more about small business owners fighting the irs, head to our website, nbr.com. >>> coming up, an organization that's helping to bridge the wage and employment divide and has alr