by Lynam Knott | Jun 11, 2013 | Award Determinations, Guidance, IRS Whistleblower Office, Withholding on Award Payments
Last year we wrote about several welcomed memoranda issued by the IRS Whistleblower Office on June 7, 2013. These memoranda outlined temporary changes and expired a year after issuance. The new memoranda are simply reissuances of the memoranda that were...
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 | Apr 21, 2011 | Award Determinations, Guidance, Withholding on Award Payments
We informed the Whistleblower Office three years ago that we did not believe that the IRS was either required to or had the legal authority to withhold on award payments to whistleblowers under section 7623. With the payment earlier this month of the first...
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