“Whistleblowers and their advocates have long complained that they are unappreciated – or downright resented – at the Internal Revenue Service, but the agency gave them a pleasant surprise Friday. Months after narrowing the circumstances under which whistleblowers could collect rewards for exposing tax evasion, the IRS reversed its position. “This is really I think the first…
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IRS Sets Timelines for Action on Whistleblower Claims
by Jeremiah Coder The IRS is adopting temporary timelines for acting on whistleblower submissions while it conducts a review of the whistleblower program, according to a memorandum sent to all the agency’s operating divisions on June 20. In the memo, Steven Miller, IRS deputy commissioner for services and enforcement, said the Service is engaging in…
United States Tax Court
Docket No. 4609-12W. JOSEPH A. INSINGA, Petitioner, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent ORD E R Now before the Court are two motions for leave to file friend-of-the-court briefs. Petitioner has consented to both motions, and respondent has objected. Upon consideration, it is ORDERED that the motion for leave filed June 15, 2012, by the Ferraro…
Fighting ‘The Man” Can Off: Pfizer Whistelblower Gets $51M+
“Kopchinski and five other whistleblowers will earn more than $102 million in payments from the U.S. government under the False Claims Act through which individuals can reap rewards for exposing corporate wrongdoing. “The use of whistleblowers has really opened up the keys to the kingdom in terms of what’s going on in these companies,” said…
Whistleblower Case Hinges on IRS Time Frame for Setting Awards
“The U.S. Tax Court has given the Internal Revenue Service until Sept. 24 to respond to an amicus brief in support of what could amount to an award of tens of millions of dollars for whistleblower Joseph Insinga, an informant who implicated seven major corporations in tax evasion in 2007 (Insinga v. Commissioner, T.C., No….
