by Lynam Knott | Sep 18, 2012 | Administration of Whistleblower Claims, Guidance, IRS Whistleblower Office, Judicial Review
As discussed in an earlier blog post, the Tax Court formally adopted amendments to the Tax Court Rules of Practice and Procedure on July 6, 2012. The amendments rules include Rule 345, which provides that a whistleblower may proceed anonymously by redacting the...
by Lynam Knott | Sep 11, 2012 | Award Determinations, IRS Whistleblower Office, Offshore Assets
Congratulations to Brad Birkenfeld for receiving a $104 million award from the IRS for turning in UBS for their offshore banking practices. Kudos to Steve Kohn and Dean Zerbe, his counsel since 2009 on this matter. It appears that Birkenfeld’s award...
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 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...
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