IRS Rewards

The House Ways and Means Committee will consider H.R. 7959, the IRS Whistleblower Program Improvement Act. This bipartisan bill targets long payment delays for whistleblower awards, the program’s main flaw.

On February 10th, the National Whistleblower Center (NWC) sent a letter to the Chairman and ranking member of the House Ways & Means Committee’s Subcommittee on Tax, urging the body to pass the IRS Whistleblower Program Improvement Act. Whistleblower advocates...

On December 30th, Stephen M. Kohn, a founding partner at Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto, LLP, and Chairman of the National Whistleblower Center, appeared on the Tax Rep Network Podcast with host Eric Green. Their discussion titled “Whistleblowers, Tax Justice &...

The IRS Whistleblower Office has launched a digital version of Form 211. Officials say this update will make it easier for people to report tax noncompliance and fraud.

The law firms of Gregg Polsky, PLLC, and Zerbe, Miller, Fingeret, Frank & Jadav announced a $35 million tax whistleblower award for their anonymous client. The whistleblower blew the whistle on a Fortune 500 company for tax underpayments. “This is...

On January 10, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit released a decision in the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) whistleblower case Lissack v. Commissioner. The case had drawn the attention of whistleblower advocates who assessed the...

Whistleblower advocates have long argued that a key benefit of whistleblower award laws are the deterrence effects they have on potential wrongdoers. Not only do whistleblower award laws enable authorities to police hard-to-detect misconduct, they also deter others from engaging...

On May 12, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced the next director of the agency’s Whistleblower Office. John W. Hinman will serve in the role overseeing the agency’s highly successful whistleblower program. Hinman previously served as Director of Field...