IRS & Tax
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Advocates Raise Concerns Over Unnecessary Delays in IRS Whistleblower Awards
On April 18, Siri Nelson, the Executive Director of National Whistleblower Center (NWC), wrote a letter to Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) expressing concerns regarding unneeded delays in whistleblower award payments under the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)...
Importance of IRS Whistleblowers Highlighted Ahead of Tax Day
Leading up to Tax Day on April 15, whistleblower advocates and a member of Congress spoke about the importance of whistleblowers in effective tax enforcement. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Whistleblower Program offers monetary awards and anti-retaliation protections to individuals...
Supreme Court Passes on IRS Whistleblower Case
On April 1, the United States Supreme Court opted not to review the dismissal of a lawsuit brought forward by three whistleblowers alleging negligence by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The whistleblowers, David E. Stone, Thomas Carroll, and David C....
Advocates Call for IRS Whistleblower Improvement Act to be Included in Bipartisan Tax Bill
Whistleblower advocates are calling on members of Congress to include the IRS Whistleblower Program Improvement Act as a part of the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024, the large bipartisan tax bill currently being negotiated in...
IRS Awards $15.1 Million to Whistleblower for Exposing Tax Evasion Scheme
On November 29, whistleblower attorneys Dean Zerbe and Stephen M. Kohn announced that a joint client received an IRS whistleblower award of $15.1 million. The anonymous whistleblower provided the IRS with information about a sophisticated tax evasion scheme being carried out by...
Advocates Continue to Push for IRS Whistleblower Program Reform
Since it was introduced in March, whistleblower advocates have been calling for the passage of the bipartisan IRS Whistleblower Improvement Act which makes technical reforms to the struggling IRS Whistleblower Program. In a new op-ed a leading whistleblower attorney explains...
IRS Chief Counsel Nominee Voices Support for Whistleblower Program
On September 28, the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on the nomination of Marjorie A. Rollinson to be the Chief Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Rollinson faced questions about the agency’s whistleblower award program. Senator Chuck Grassley...
IRS Whistleblower Receives $11.9 Million Award
On August 22, two whistleblower attorneys announced that an anonymous whistleblower client had received a $11.9 million award from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The whistleblower’s disclosure led to an enforcement action against a Fortune 500 company in which the...
IRS Whistleblower Program’s Annual Report: Long Waits, Low Rewards
On June 28, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released its Annual Report to Congress regarding the performance of the agency's whistleblower program in fiscal year 2022. According to the report, the IRS paid out 132 awards to whistleblowers totaling $37.8...
Further Audit of IRS Whistleblower Program Needed, According to Advocates
According to a report by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is falling short in its handling of its whistleblower program. Whistleblower advocates claim that even further audits are needed to address the...
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