by Lynam Knott | Jul 31, 2012 | Administration of Whistleblower Claims, Award Determinations, Guidance, IRS Whistleblower Office, Whistleblower Awards
An interesting letter was released last night from IRS Commissioner Shulman to Senator Grassley. Commissioner Shulman’s letter says more about what is in the pipeline for large whistleblower case award determinations than any statement the IRS has made to...
by Lynam Knott | Jul 20, 2012 | IRS Whistleblower Office
This spring I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Justin Kempf, law student at the University of Miami, about the IRS whistleblower program for an academic paper he was writing. That paper, titled the “IRS Whistleblower Office: There is More Work to...
by Lynam Knott | Jul 18, 2012 | Administration of Whistleblower Claims, Award Determinations, Criminal Fines, Guidance, Voluntary Disclosure Initiative, Whistleblower Awards
Tax Analysts recently released a Chief Counsel Memorandum dated April 23, 2012, stating that the IRS cannot pay a section 7623(b) award on recoveries from the failure to report a foreign bank account commonly referred to as “FBAR” penalties. While we...
by Lynam Knott | Jul 9, 2012 | Guidance, Judicial Review
In line with the Tax Court’s Whistleblower favorable ruling in Whistleblower 14106-10W v. Commissioner, 137 T.C. 183 (2011), the court formally adopted Rule 345 on July 6, 2012. The new rule has two effective parts, the first deals with Whistleblowers...
by Lynam Knott | Jul 3, 2012 | Award Determinations, IRS Whistleblower Office, Judicial Review, Whistleblower Awards
Some of our clients and readers of this blog have asked that we publish the amicus curiae brief that The Ferraro Law Firm recently filed with the United States Tax Court in the case of Joseph A. Insinga v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Mr. Insinga is...
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