{"id":232,"date":"2009-09-28T09:04:24","date_gmt":"2009-09-28T09:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com\/2009\/09\/irs_whistleblower_office_issue_1.html"},"modified":"2021-06-11T17:48:55","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T21:48:55","slug":"irs_whistleblower_office_issue_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/whistleblower-blog\/irs_whistleblower_office_issue_1\/","title":{"rendered":"IRS Whistleblower Office Issues Latest Annual Report to Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"

The IRS Whistleblower Office <\/a>has released its Annual Report to Congress, for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2008. Some highlights are below:<\/p>\n

First, the IRS Whistleblower Program<\/a> has experienced explosive growth since Congress authorized these new IRS Whistleblower rewards in December 2006.<\/a> <\/p>\n

According to this Report, “the initial results suggest that whistleblowers with significant knowledge are coming forward as a result of the changes to the award program. We received claims that appear to meet the section 7623(b) criteria on 46 taxpayers in the first three months of FY 2008. By the end of the fiscal year, that number grew to 1,246. Of the 994 claims in which the individual made a specific allegation about the amount of the underpayment, 228 alleged the underpayment of $10 million or more, and 64 alleged the underpayment of $100 million or more. Many of the individuals submitting this information claim to have inside knowledge of the transactions they are reporting, and often provide extensive documentation to support their claims. It is too early to tell how many of the 1,246 cases will result in collected proceeds, and whether the whistleblowers’ estimates of the amounts in dispute are accurate.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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