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.
I.R.C. § 7623(b)(4) provides in pertinent part, “Any determination regarding an award under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) may, within 30 days of such determination, be appealed to the Tax Court (and the Tax Court shall have jurisdiction with respect to such matter).”
Read MoreThe revised IRS whistleblower program is on its 13th year. The good news is that last year the IRS disclosed it collected $1.5 billion as a result of whistleblowers. However, the bad news was that it took an average of 9.32 years for the IRS to pay an award to the whistleblower. In order for the IRS to increase the success rate of the whistleblower program, there needs to be deadlines; for example, the IRS’ April 15th return filing deadline is probably one of the most recognized deadlines.
Read MoreTo be a successful IRS Tax Whistleblower, an individual needs to have “specific and credible” information that leads the IRS to the detection and collection of the underpayment of a tax. Simply “believing” or “thinking” that there has been an underpayment of tax is not enough; a tax whistleblower must have actionable information and supporting documentation verifying the information.
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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