{"id":233,"date":"2009-10-07T20:02:45","date_gmt":"2009-10-07T20:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com\/2009\/10\/irs_whistleblower_program_insp_1.html"},"modified":"2021-06-11T17:48:54","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T21:48:54","slug":"irs_whistleblower_program_insp_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/whistleblower-blog\/irs_whistleblower_program_insp_1\/","title":{"rendered":"IRS Whistleblower Program: Inspector General Urges Whistleblower Protection from Retaliation and Administrative Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (“TIGTA”) released a Report<\/a> on the IRS Whistleblower Program <\/a>that urges Congress to protect IRS whistleblowers from retaliation by employers, and recommends various administrative changes to the Program.<\/p>\n

The Report’s title, “Deficiencies Exist in the Control and Timely Resolution of Whistleblower Claims,” is misleading to this writer, who has followed the progress of the new Program since its inception. Before Congress created the new IRS Whistleblower program in December 2006, the Inspector General had observed that the IRS had no centralized approach to dealing with “informant” claims under the “old” program.” The new legislation was designed to create a “Whistleblower Office” for the first time ever–with brand new staff hired to “invent” the various procedures and systems needed to fulfill Congress’ intent.<\/p>\n

To illustrate, when we submitted a substantial IRS whistleblower claim in early January 2007 through the IRS Criminal Investigative Division, the new IRS Whistleblower Office had no Director or staff. Director Steve Whitlock was not appointed until several weeks later, and he promptly set out to hire highly qualified professionals within the IRS to help establish the new Whistleblower Program. The same professionals simultaneously had to keep up with submissions of new claims from all over the country, as well as capture older submissions to the IRS.<\/p>\n

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