by Lynam Knott | Feb 6, 2019 | Award Determinations, Congressional Report, FBAR, Uncategorized
The IRS Whistleblower Office released it FY 2018 Report to Congress today. The report comes out one year after Congress amended section 7623 in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, which clarified the definition of proceeds includes non-Title 26 amounts such as...
by Lynam Knott | Sep 12, 2016 | Guidance, Uncategorized
Today the IRS Whistleblower Office released a 3-page overview of the tax whistleblower process called Publication 5251 – The Whistleblower Claim Process. The new publication purports to provide clarity on: What qualifies for an award How whistleblowers...
by Lynam Knott | Aug 3, 2016 | Criminal Fines, Uncategorized, Whistleblower Awards
The Tax Court’s opinion in Whistleblower 21276-13W v. Commissioner, 147 T.C. No. 4 (2016), was a clear and decisive win for whistleblowers. The IRS has long been improperly trying to limit what should be included in “collected proceeds” and...
by Lynam Knott | Jan 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
Today we saw another example of an employee (of Viacom) protecting her rights as a tax whistleblower under the Sarbanes-Oxley (“SOX”) and Dodd-Frank Acts*. In a nutshell, retaliation against an employee of a company that is subject to these...
by Stephen U. McCloskey, Jr. | Jul 7, 2015 | Uncategorized
Whistleblower Office FY 2014 Annual Report Released, What Did We Learn? Key Points from the Body of the Report Final Regulations were a “top priority” and added “necessary clarification and provided additional guidance for whistleblower submissions...
by Stephen U. McCloskey, Jr. | Jun 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
The office of Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) issued a press release yesterday announcing that the Senator had received a response from IRS Commissioner John Koskinen to questions Senator Grassley had submitted to the record after a February hearing on the IRS budget....
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