{"id":176,"date":"2008-10-24T06:47:07","date_gmt":"2008-10-24T06:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com\/2008\/10\/tax_court_prepares_for_irs_whi.html"},"modified":"2021-06-11T17:50:45","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T21:50:45","slug":"tax_court_prepares_for_irs_whi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/whistleblower-blog\/tax_court_prepares_for_irs_whi\/","title":{"rendered":"Tax Court Prepares for IRS Whistleblower Cases by Adopting New Proposed Amendments to Rules of Practice and Procedure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the hallmarks of the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com\/irs_whistleblower_program_upda_1\/\">IRS Whistleblower Rewards Program <\/a>is that whistleblowers have an enforceable right to rewards, and can appeal the IRS Whistleblower Office&#8217;s rewards decisions to the U.S. Tax Court.<\/p>\n<p>The Tax Court has taken a step forward in issuing new proposed amendments to its Rules of Practice and Procedure to prepare for IRS whistleblower cases.  The amendments are reprinted below.<\/p>\n<p>A critical improvement is that the Tax Court has listened to concerns expressed by whistleblower attorneys about the need to allow whistleblowers to proceed &#8220;anonymously&#8221; and not reveal their identity publicly.  The explanation of New Rule 340 would allow anonymous filings to endeavor to preserve confidentiality: <\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Pursuant to section 7461(b)(1), the Court may issue protective orders, upon motion by a party or any other person and for good cause shown, to prevent or restrict the disclosure of trade secrets and other information. See Tax Court Rule 103(a). As result of this authority, in appropriate cases, the Court may permit a petitioner to proceed anonymously and seal the record in that case. See, e.g., Anonymous v. Commissioner, 127 T.C. 89 (2006). The Court contemplates that these generally applicable statutory provisions, Rule 103, and related case law, while they do not require the Court&#8217;s records in all whistleblower actions to be sealed or require the Court to permit all petitioners in those cases to proceed anonymously, do provide authority for the Court to allow a petitioner to proceed anonymously and to seal the record when appropriate in whistleblower actions.&#8221; <\/em><\/p>\n<p>The full text is as follows:<br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/whistleblower-blog\/tax_court_prepares_for_irs_whi\/#more-176\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the hallmarks of the new IRS Whistleblower Rewards Program is that whistleblowers have an enforceable right to rewards, and can appeal the IRS Whistleblower Office&#8217;s rewards decisions to the U.S. Tax Court. 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