by Lynam Knott | Sep 13, 2011 | Guidance, IRS Whistleblower Office
It is hardly news that the IRS can be a slow moving, and an often-frustrating agency to work with. These inefficiencies can discourage potential whistleblowers from coming forward. In an effort to improve the IRS Whistleblower Program, the GAO conducted a...
by Lynam Knott | Sep 8, 2011 | Guidance, IRS Whistleblower Office, Judicial Review
Yesterday the United States Tax Court decided Friedland v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo 2011-217 (Sept. 7, 2011) in favor of the Internal Revenue Service. Friedland may sound familiar to some, as his previous case against the IRS did not get very far...
by Lynam Knott | Sep 6, 2011 | IRS Whistleblower Office, Taxpayer Underpayment
This weekend Laura Sanders of the Wall Street Journal published an article interestingly titled “Taxes: How To Turn Your Neighbor In To The IRS”, in which she described how the IRS Whistleblower Program works and the keys to making a good submission. ...
by Lynam Knott | Aug 18, 2011 | Award Determinations, Guidance, IRS Whistleblower Office, Whistleblower Awards
Today The Ferraro Law Firm sent out a letter to IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman (PDF) disputing an IRS policy that is negatively effecting most tax whistleblowers. In July of 2009 Chief Counsel decided – without telling anyone – that the IRS...
by Lynam Knott | Jul 21, 2011 | Award Determinations, Guidance, IRS Whistleblower Office
The IRS has released on its website the “Fiscal Year 2010 Report to the Congress on the Use of Section 7623,” which details the progress of the IRS Whistleblower Office over the Fiscal 2010 year (thru September 30, 2010). The first and most important...
by Lynam Knott | Jun 21, 2011 | Award Determinations, IRS Whistleblower Office, Judicial Review
The US Tax Court just released its summary judgment decision in William Prentice Cooper, III v. Commissioner, 136 T.C. No. 30 (June 20, 2011). In the first true exercise of its new jurisdiction over tax whistleblower cases, the Tax Court showed that it will...
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