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...
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 | Mar 7, 2012 | Award Determinations, IRS Whistleblower Office, Judicial Review, Taxpayer Underpayment
Joseph A. Insinga, retired Rabobank Finance Specialist, filed a petition with the Tax Court arguing that the IRS’s continued refusal to issue a formal determination constitutes a de facto rejection of his claim and appeals this de facto rejection. ...
by Lynam Knott | Feb 21, 2012 | Award Determinations, Guidance, IRS Whistleblower Office
Today the Treasury Department issued the finalized Treas. Reg. Section 301.7623-1(a) and (g) relating to the definition of “collected proceeds” for purposes of section 7623 tax whistleblower awards. Although the language of the final whistleblower...
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