IRS Tries to Duck Whistleblowers
The IRS Notice published in the Federal Register late on Friday, which gives the public two business days to respond, ...
Tag: Tax Fraud
IRS On Verge Of Crippling Whistleblower Program
National Whistleblower Center ("NWC"), the National Whistleblowers Legal Defense and Education Fund ("Fund"), Bradley Birkenfeld, Scott Rosen, and Gene Ross ...
IRS Whistleblowers Received Record Payouts in 2012, But Future Recoveries At Risk
The Internal Revenue Service Whistleblower Office announced that it paid a record $125.4 million in 2012 to whistleblowers that provided ...
D.C. Councilmember Mary Cheh introduces whistleblower bill to curb tax evasion
District of Columbia Councilmember Mary Cheh introduced the "False Claims Act of 2013," which will amend the D.C. False Claims ...
Dean Zerbe Honored As Contender for 2012 Tax Notes Person of the Year
On January 6, 2013 The Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center was announced as the 2012 Tax Notes Person of the Year. ...
Congress Passes Magnitsky Act
Sergei Magnitsky On December 6, 2012 Congress passed the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012. ...
NWC Files Amicus Brief on IRS Whistleblower Program
On November 5, 2012, the National Whistleblower Center filed a briefing paper/amicus brief with the Internal Revenue Service addressing key ...
Squashed By Russia: The Sergei Magnitsky Story
NWC nabbed an exclusive interview with Jamison Firestone, the law partner and friend of Sergei Magnitsky - a whistleblower whose ...
Grassley Calls for Improvements to IRS Whistleblower Office
Yesterday, Senator Grassley (R-IA) released a letter sent to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Douglas Shulman concerning the progress of ...
GAO Releases Report on IRS Whistleblower Program
Yesterday, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released its report on the current effectiveness of the IRS whistleblower program. Since 2007, ...
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