by Lynam Knott | Aug 20, 2014 | Administration of Whistleblower Claims, Guidance, IRS Whistleblower Office
The IRS released two documents today on their website, Commissioner Koskinen Statement regarding Whistleblower Program and Deputy Commissioner for Service and Enforcement Memorandum. The Commissioner’s statement reaffirmed his commitment and support...
by Lynam Knott | Aug 8, 2014 | Administration of Whistleblower Claims, Guidance, IRS Whistleblower Office
The IRS has finally released the Final Treasury Regulations that we have all been waiting for. While, there were not as many in the Final Regulations as we would have liked to have seen; the changes that were made were important ones. Some of the pros and cons of...
by Lynam Knott | Aug 4, 2014 | Award Determinations, IRS Whistleblower Office, Judicial Review
The United States Tax Court released an opinion today, Whistleblower 22231-12W v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, which continues to piece together the bounds of the Tax Court’s jurisdiction. The Tax Court held that the IRS Whistleblower Office could not...
by Lynam Knott | Apr 4, 2014 | Administration of Whistleblower Claims, Guidance, IRS Whistleblower Office
The IRS Whistleblower Office has released its Annual Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2013. We had a good year with the IRS Whistleblower Program because they paid one of our clients a $38 million award, but overall the report certainly shows that there is a...
by Stephen U. McCloskey, Jr. | Apr 3, 2014 | IRS Whistleblower Office
The IRS just completely revised the Application for Reward for Original Information, better known to us as Form 211. The procedures for filing the Form 211 have changed as well. The revised and significantly expanded Form 211, attached at the bottom of...
by Lynam Knott | Jan 23, 2014 | Administration of Whistleblower Claims, Guidance, IRS Whistleblower Office
Director Whitlock spoke along with Christopher Ehrman, the Director of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s whistleblower program, and Sean McKessy, the Director of the Security and Exchange Commission’s whistleblower program, at a webinar put...
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