An informative Blog written by Thomas Pliske and Shine Lin of the Tax Whistleblower Law Firm regarding important issues dealing with the IRS Whistleblower Informant Program.
The take away is while the IRS whistleblower program had a good year, there is much more to be accomplished by the IRS to the implement the 12 year old Whistleblower Program. Changes must occur either voluntarily by the IRS in the administration of the IRS Whistleblower program, or statutorily by Congress enacting additional changes to the law (similar to the 2018 change) so that the intent of Congress is recognized by the IRS.
Read MoreThe IRS should seek input from the Whistleblower and should not limit its determination of an Award based solely on the information of one IRS examination agent.
Read MoreThe IRS should be encouraging whistleblowers to come forward and promote the program by shortening the waiting time for a whistleblower to receive an award. Therefore, the IRS should reassess the necessity of certain rules (i.e., the two-year waiting period) and/or should modified existing practice (i.e., paying interest and offering all taxpayers a closing agreement). Alternatively, the IRS should outright eliminate the two-year waiting period if they determine history shows taxpayers in whistleblower claims have not been successfully filing claims for refunds as to the whistleblower’s issue.
Read MoreThe Tax Whistleblower Law Firm (TWLF) specializes in the preparation of the Form 211 Claims package to report underpaid taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) under the Tax Whistleblower Reward Program. The TWLF team, anchored by a former IRS attorney, consists of qualified tax attorneys with over 40 combined years of tax-related legal experience. Our services are solely dedicated in the IRS Whistleblower Program and U.S. Tax Court litigation of Tax Whistleblower determinations.
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