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.
One of the most often asked question a potential whistleblower has is: Will the IRS keep my name confidential? In a prior blog, we discussed the IRS’ effort to protect the whistleblower’s identity. See Treas. Reg. § 301.7623-1(e) and the IRS’ Statement on Confidentiality.
Read MoreConfidentiality is an important consideration for anyone considering filing a tax whistleblower claim with the IRS. By law, a taxpayers’ information is protected (I.R.C. § 6103). There are also protections in place for a whistleblowers’ identity in most cases. Below, we cover frequently asked questions surrounding whistleblower confidentiality.
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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