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Grassley Calls for Improvements to IRS Whistleblower Office

Lindsey Williams
September 14, 2011 14:59

Yesterday, Senator Grassley (R-IA) released a letter sent to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Douglas Shulman concerning the progress of the IRS Whistleblower Office. Senator Grassley thanked the IRS for “making good faith efforts to embrace whistleblowers instead of reverting to...

GAO Releases Report on IRS Whistleblower Program

Lindsey Williams
September 10, 2011 12:51

Yesterday, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released its report on the current effectiveness of the IRS whistleblower program. Since 2007, over 1,300 whistleblowers have filed claims with the IRS Whistleblower Office alleging tax fraud (in excess of $2 million) against 9,540...

IRS Guidelines Discourage Whistleblowers

Lindsey Williams
August 11, 2011 18:51

Today, Tax Analysts published an article about how Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidelines can result in whistleblower awards being unfairly reduced. The Government Accountability Project, No FEAR Coalition and National Whistleblowers Center sent a letter to IRS Commissioner Shulman on August...

Is the IRS Systemically Averse to Whistleblowers?

Lindsey Williams
June 23, 2011 16:56

Since the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) instituted a new whistleblower program in 2006, only one award has been made to a whistleblower, according to Mike Hudson from iWatch News. In yesterday’s article, “Red tape, old guard slow whistleblowing on corporate tax cheats,”...

Anonymous whistleblower gets $1.1 million IRS reward

Richard Renner
March 16, 2011 12:29

An anonymous Wall Street banker has received a reward of $1.1 million for reporting a massive tax fraud by Enron, Bankers Trust and others. Attorney Erika A. Kelton of Phillips and Cohen announced the reward to her client yesterday. It is one of the first rewards issued by a five-year old...