by Lynam Knott | Jun 22, 2012 | Administration of Whistleblower Claims, Award Determinations, Guidance, IRS Whistleblower Office
Fiscal year 2011 was a big year for the IRS whistleblower program according to the IRS Whistleblower Office’s Fiscal Year 2011 Report to the Congress on the Use of Section 7623. Some of the highlights from the report are: The number of submissions in fiscal year...
by Lynam Knott | Jun 22, 2012 | Award Determinations, IRS Whistleblower Office
The IRS has adopted internal timelines for how long the IRS has to act on whistleblower submissions according to a field directive sent to the agency’s operating divisions on June 20, 2012. According to the field directive, Deputy Commissioner Steven T....
by Lynam Knott | Jun 13, 2012 | Administration of Whistleblower Claims, Award Determinations, Guidance, IRS Whistleblower Office, Whistleblower Awards, Withholding on Award Payments
The IRS released welcome guidance relating to whistleblower claims submitted under its long embattled whistleblower program. With all the recent reports showing that the IRS has numerous problems yet to solve to make its whistleblower program as effective as...
by Lynam Knott | May 2, 2012 | Administration of Whistleblower Claims
We had a good client ask us the other day about the status of case we had filed together about two years ago. I thought the question was a very good one, so with names omitted I’d like to share both the question and my answer. First some background: the...
by Lynam Knott | Apr 9, 2012 | Criminal Fines, Department of Justice
We get questions all the time about situations that appear to involve tax fraud, but often it is unclear to the person asking the question exactly what activities rise to the level of tax fraud or tax evasion. So here’s a short primer on what tax fraud and...
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