by Lynam Knott | Mar 23, 2017 | Award Determinations, Guidance, Judicial Review
The ability to remain anonymous throughout the administrative and judicial whistleblower award determination an appeal processes has been a common theme in the concerns that we hear from clients and something that I spoke about on a panel at the ABA Section of...
by Lynam Knott | Feb 14, 2017 | Administration of Claims, Administration of Whistleblower Claims, Whistleblower Awards
In our experience the IRS is a peculiarly apolitical organization – despite the Lerner email scandal and the targeting of conservative groups for noncompliant tax exempt status claims, almost every position in the IRS is not motivated by or responsive to political...
by Lynam Knott | Jan 13, 2017 | Award Determinations, Congressional Report, IRS Whistleblower Office, Whistleblower Awards
The IRS released the IRS Whistleblower Program Fiscal 2016 Annual Report to Congress recently. There were some interesting statistical revelations, some surprising and some not. Among the more important, if not surprising, takeaways was the fact that nearly 60%...
by Lynam Knott | Dec 9, 2016 | Criminal Fines, Department of Justice
Caroline Ciraolo, Principle Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice Tax Division, made clear the importance of whistleblower counsel while speaking at the American Bar Association’s National Institute on Criminal Tax Fraud and Institute on Tax...
by Lynam Knott | Oct 24, 2016 | Administration of Claims, IRS Whistleblower Office, Whistleblower Awards
Today the Treasury Inspector General released a Report titled “The Whistleblower Program Helps Identify Tax Noncomplicane; However, Improvements Are Needed to Ensure That Claims Are Processed Appropriately and Expeditiously” about the IRS Whistleblower...
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