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Here you will find a memorandum to Steven Miller, Acting Commissioner of Internal Revenue, outlining potential areas of review and regulation by the IRS and the Department of Treasury in regards to IRC 7623 – the whistleblower award statute. NWC Letter to Commissioner Miller

Get Out of Jail Free? No, It’s Even Better David Kocieniewski for The New York Times Sometimes, crime does pay. Bradley C. Birkenfeld, a former banker at UBS, recently served two and a half years in prison for conspiring with a wealthy California developer to evade United States income taxes. Continue Reading: View Article Here…

IRS pays UBS whistle-blower $104 million USA Today, September 12, 2012 The Internal Revenue Service has awarded an ex-banker $104 million for providing information about overseas tax cheats — the largest amount ever awarded by the agency, lawyers for the whistleblower announced Tuesday. Continue Reading: View Article Read Online at USA Today

Jenkins: Bradley Birkenfeld, Hero of Tax Reform Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. for The Wall Street Journal Is there anything redeeming to be found in the adventures of Bradley Birkenfeld, the UBS whistleblower whose tale is sordidness piled on sordidness? Continue Reading: View Article Here Read Online at The Wall Street Journal