{"id":249,"date":"2010-03-02T15:35:45","date_gmt":"2010-03-02T15:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com\/2010\/03\/irs_whistleblower_program_and_1.html"},"modified":"2021-06-11T17:48:27","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T21:48:27","slug":"irs_whistleblower_program_and_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/whistleblower-blog\/irs_whistleblower_program_and_1\/","title":{"rendered":"IRS Whistleblower Program and Confidentiality of IRS Investigations of Whistleblower Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most interesting and challenging issues in representing IRS whistleblowers is how this promising new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qui-tam-litigation.com\/art6.htm\">IRS Whistleblower Program <\/a>can co-exist with the limits Congress has imposed on disclosure of taxpayer information&#8211;which includes what the IRS does in pursuing claims brought by whistleblowers.<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to pass along that <a href=\"http:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1556370\">Michelle M. Kwon, Assistant Professor of Law at Texas Tech Law School, has written a law review article <\/a>about this subject.  It discusses recommendations for allowing information to be shared more with whistleblowers by &#8220;relaxing&#8221; the restrictions of section 6103, &#8220;Confidentiality and disclosure of returns and return information.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As Professor Kwon writes:<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/whistleblower-blog\/irs_whistleblower_program_and_1\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading IRS Whistleblower Program and Confidentiality of IRS Investigations of Whistleblower Claims\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most interesting and challenging issues in representing IRS whistleblowers is how this promising new IRS Whistleblower Program can co-exist with the limits Congress has imposed on disclosure of taxpayer information&#8211;which includes what the IRS does in pursuing claims brought by whistleblowers. I wanted to pass along that Michelle M. 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