{"id":221,"date":"2009-07-24T14:51:50","date_gmt":"2009-07-24T14:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com\/2009\/07\/can_irs_whistleblower_program.html"},"modified":"2021-06-11T17:49:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T21:49:00","slug":"can_irs_whistleblower_program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/whistleblower-blog\/can_irs_whistleblower_program\/","title":{"rendered":"Can IRS Whistleblower Program Help Offset Cost of Health Care Overhaul?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How to pay for health care in the United States, as costs inexorably grow?  <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com\/irs_whistleblower_attorneys_co\/\">IRS Whistleblower Program <\/a>may help by narrowing the &#8220;tax gap&#8221;&#8211;the difference between taxes owed and taxes paid each year.  Treasury&#8217;s latest estimate is that $345 billion owed remains uncollected from those who engage in tax fraud, tax evasion, and other tax noncompliance. <a href=\"http:\/\/finance.senate.gov\/press\/Bpress\/2009press\/prb070809b.pdf\">(&#8220;Update on Reducing the Federal Tax Gap and Improving Voluntary Compliance&#8221;).<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus, D-Mont., raised this tax gap with the next IRS Chief Counsel,  William J. Wilkins, on July 14:   &#8220;We&#8217;re right now trying to figure how to pay for healthcare reform,&#8221; Baucus told Wilkins. &#8220;And it&#8217;s ironic that coincidentally, the amount we are trying to raise is that amount.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The new IRS Whistleblower Program should dramatically improve the IRS&#8217;s efforts to close that tax gap.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com\/working_with_the_new_irs_rewar\/\">In December 2006, Congress authorized rewards of 15-30%<\/a> paid to IRS whistleblowers who provide information that assists the IRS in collecting amounts owed to the IRS.  <\/p>\n<p>For the first time, IRS whistleblowers have an enforceable &#8220;right&#8221; to receive a reward.  Early indications from the clients who have contacted us are that many substantial claims are being presented, including claims of over $1 billion owed to the IRS.  (To see how the IRS Whistleblower Program works, see excerpts of this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com\/interview_with_irs_whistleblow_1\/\">interview with IRS Whistleblower Office Director Steve Whitlock.)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even the SEC is examining the success to date of the IRS program, in determining <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com\/new_sec_whistleblower_program\/\">how the SEC might encourage and reward whistleblowers who come forward to reveal the next Madoff or Stanford.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whistleblowers with solid information will help close the tax gap, and avoid imposing new taxes on the rest of the law-abiding Americans who pay their taxes.<br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/whistleblower-blog\/can_irs_whistleblower_program\/#more-221\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to pay for health care in the United States, as costs inexorably grow? The IRS Whistleblower Program may help by narrowing the &#8220;tax gap&#8221;&#8211;the difference between taxes owed and taxes paid each year. 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