The recent tax court decision in Insinga is good news for whistleblowers who have been waiting for the IRS to take action or make decisions on their submission. The tax court is clearly signaling in its order that the IRS cannot take forever and a day on a decision. The tax court noted carefully the…
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Dean Zerbe Honored As Contender for 2012 Tax Notes Person of the Year
Posted on January 15, 2013 by Mary Jane Wilmoth on https://www.whistleblowersblog.org/ On January 6, 2013 The Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center was announced as the 2012 Tax Notes Person of the Year. Tax Notes also recognized nine others who were “contenders” for the title. Among the contenders was the National Whistleblowers Center’s Senior Policy Analyst, Dean Zerbe. Zerbe gained significant recognition in 2012…
Chuck Grassley sharply criticized proposed regulations on whistleblower awards
Senate Finance Committee member Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, in a January 28 letter to Treasury officials sharply criticized recently released proposed regulations on whistleblower awards and urged that his suggestions be implemented in the final regs. The proposed regs (REG-141066-09 ) “are likely to further concerns in the whistleblower community that the IRS and Treasury view whistleblowers with hostility”…
National Whistleblowers Center (NWC) letter to Commissioner Miller
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
Whistleblower Gets $104 Million (The Wall Street Journal)
Whistleblower Gets $104 Million Laura Saunders for The Wall Street Journal, September 11, 2012 A former UBS AG banker who helped the U.S. government unleash an international crackdown on tax evasion was awarded $104 million in what is believed to be the largest-ever whistleblower payout to an individual. Continue Reading: View Article Here Read Online…
