Download or read book Tax Whistleblowers written by U.s. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-17 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 expanded the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) whistleblower program, increasing rewards for submitting information on others' tax underpayments to up to 30 percent of collected proceeds. The expanded program targets tax underpayments over $2 million and could reduce the gap between taxes owed and taxes paid. IRS's Whistleblower Office has received over 1,300 submissions qualifying for this new program since 2007.GAO was asked to assess (1) how IRS manages the expanded program, (2) how IRS communicates with whistleblowers and the public, and (3) any lessons from IRS's or other government whistleblower programs that could improve IRS's expanded whistleblower program. GAO analyzed IRS documents and data and interviewed IRS officials, whistleblower attorneys, and federal and state whistleblower program officials. GAO recommends that IRS collect more information-including data on the time each step takes for all claims and reasons for claim rejection-in its claim tracking system, establish a process to follow up on claims that exceed review time targets, and include more information on these issues in its annual reports to Congress.In written comments on a draft of this report, IRS generally agreed with..."
Download or read book Tax Whistleblowers written by United States Government Accountability and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-05-27 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 expanded the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) whistleblower program, increasing rewards for submitting information on others' tax underpayments to up to 30 percent of collected proceeds. The expanded program targets tax underpayments over $2 million and could reduce the gap between taxes owed and taxes paid. IRS's Whistleblower Office has received over 1,300 submissions qualifying for this new program since 2007. GAO was asked to assess (1) how IRS manages the expanded program, (2) how IRS communicates with whistleblowers and the public, and (3) any lessons from IRS's or other government whistleblower programs that could improve IRSs expanded whistleblower program. GAO analyzed IRS documents and data and interviewed IRS officials, whistleblower attorneys, and federal and state whistleblower program officials.
Download or read book The New Whistleblower s Handbook written by Stephen M. Kohn and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-07-01 with total page 569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An updated edition of the first-ever consumer guide to whistleblowing by the nation’s leading whistleblower attorney The newest edition of The Whistleblower’s Handbook brings the most comprehensive and authoritative guide to exposing workplace wrongdoing up-to-date with new information on wildlife whistleblowing, auto safety whistleblowing, national security whistleblowing, and ocean pollution whistleblowing. It also includes a new “Toolkit” for international whistleblowers. This essential guide explains nearly all federal and state laws regarding whistleblowing, and in the step-by-step bulk of the book, presents more than twenty must-follow rules for whistleblowers—from finding the best federal and state laws to the dangers of blindly trusting internal corporate “hotlines” to obtaining the proof you need to win the case.
Download or read book Reward Collecting Millions for Reporting Tax Evasion Your Complete Guide to the IRS Whistleblower Reward Program written by Joel D. Hesch and published by . This book was released on 2009-03-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reward: Collect Millions for Reporting Tax Evasion Are you aware... [ $350 billion in taxes go unpaid each year. [ The IRS pays 15-30% to report tax evasion. [ Multi-million dollar rewards are waiting. The new IRS Whistleblower Reward Program pays you up to 30% of the unpaid taxes it collects. That means if a company or individual you know about underpaid their taxes, you could receive huge rewards for reporting them. If you have the right kind of a case, you will receive millions of dollars. Chances are you or someone you know is eligible! But the process is far more than calling a hotline or simply filling out a form. You must scrupulously follow each technical requirement and informal procedure. That's where this book fi ts in. It is the first complete guide to the IRS Reward Program. From numerous stories and examples to checklists and evaluation techniques, Reward helps you understand the benefits and avoid pitfalls. JOEL HESCH spent 15 years as an attorney with the Fraud Division of the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. administering the nationwide whistleblower reward program-on which the new IRS program is modeled. He received several awards and commendations for helping combat $1.5 billion in fraud. Currently a law school professor at Liberty University, Mr. Hesch represents citizens filing for rewards under the IRS Reward Program. Visit his website at: www.HowToReportFraud.com.
Download or read book IRS Whistleblower written by Richard Schickel and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-27 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IRS Enforcer/Abuser Comes Clean and Shares Secrets that the IRS does not Want You to Know. This one-of-a-kind story about life inside the most reviled and hated agency in the U.S. Government will have you reeling. The Internal Revenue Service sends chills down most people's spines, and for good reason - every year they seize tens of millions of dollars in cash, wages, bank accounts, houses, businesses, and cars. Now a 33-year IRS veteran tax collector is ready to tell his story. Richard Schickel's memoir, IRS Whistleblower, shares the secrets that the IRS does not want you to know; about its culture, its procedures, and how they train their employees to think. It tells for the first time in print about the Social Security Loophole that allows people who have never paid for Social Security to receive benefits for life. The IRS is a fear machine - it hurts some of the people all of the time and some of the people none of the time. Between 16-20% of U. S. Citizens never file or correctly pay their share of income and other taxes. The IRS knows about this but instead of chasing them, it prefers to keep the W-2 wage earners in a box, tortured by a hot poker of fear, anger, and greed. This memoir will share how the IRS fosters a culture of unyielding power and abuse, mistreating taxpayers and non-taxpayers alike. In return, the public abuses the IRS by stealing at least $50 billion dollars out of the Treasury every year due to fraudulent claims and false refunds. Richard Schickel was a Senior Revenue Officer but also one of the abusers and enforcers who seized cash, wages, bank accounts, houses, businesses, and cars, sometimes destroying people's lives just to "teach taxpayers a lesson". He was also one of the abused when he exposed Anti-Semitism, racism, and sexual harassment in IRS case processing. In the last half of his career, Richard Schickel became the tax collector who cared, transforming into a person who knew the IRS system well enough to help his taxpayers. And now he wants to help you too! This story is written with warmth, humor, and wisdom. Richard Schickel shares what he witnessed - the good, the bad, and the ugly. It will shock you, make you mad, and hopefully cause you to demand change in the IRS and Congress. This book is essential reading for anyone in trouble with the IRS. If you owe money or are being audited, or have been contacted by IRS Criminal Agents, read this book. It is an insider's guide to the IRS.
Download or read book Tax Whistleblowers written by Sophie G. Shelton and published by Nova Science Publishers. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Whistleblower Program, which was revised and expanded by Congress in 2006, is an important tax administration tool. Information received from tax whistleblowers individuals who report to the IRS on violations of tax laws by others has assisted the IRS in detecting tax compliance issues and in collecting additional tax revenue. Tax whistleblowers who report on the underpayment of taxes by others have helped IRS collect almost $2 billion in additional revenue since 2011, when the first high-dollar claim was paid under the expanded program that pays qualifying whistleblowers a minimum of 15 percent of the collected proceeds. These revenues help reduce the estimated $450 billion tax gapthe difference between taxes owed and those paid on time. This book assesses the Whistleblower Office (WO) claim review process; assesses how the WO determines awards; evaluates how the WO communicates with external stakeholders; and evaluates IRSs policies and procedures for protecting whistleblowers.
Download or read book IRS Whistleblower Program written by U S Government Accountability Offi Gao and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-20 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IRS WHISTLEBLOWER PROGRAM: Billions Collected, but Timeliness and Communication Concerns May Discourage Whistleblowers
Download or read book IRS Whistleblower Program written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-10-05 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tax whistleblowers who report on the underpayment of taxes by others have helped IRS collect almost $2 billion in additional revenue since 2011, when the first high-dollar claim was paid under the expanded program that pays qualifying whistleblowers a minimum of 15 percent of the collected proceeds. These revenues help reduce the estimated $450 billion tax gap-the difference between taxes owed and those paid on time.GAO was asked to review several aspects of the whistleblower program. Among other things, this report (1) assesses the WO claim review process, (2) assesses how the WO determines awards, (3) evaluates how the WO communicates with external stakeholders, and (4) evaluates IRS's policies and procedures for protecting whistleblowers. GAO reviewed the files of all 17 awards paid under 26 U.S.C. � 7623(b) through June 30, 2015; reviewed IRS data; reviewed relevant laws and regulations, and the WO's policies, procedures and publications; and interviewed IRS officials, five whistleblowers that independently approached GAO, and nine whistleblower attorneys who were recommended by IRS or other attorneys.
Download or read book IRS Whistleblower Program written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tax whistleblowers who report on the underpayment of taxes by others have helped IRS collect almost $2 billion in additional revenue since 2011, when the first high-dollar claim was paid under the expanded program that pays qualifying whistleblowers a minimum of 15 percent of the collected proceeds. These revenues help reduce the estimated $450 billion tax gap, the difference between taxes owed and those paid on time. GAO was asked to review several aspects of the whistleblower program. Among other things, this report (1) assesses the WO claim review process, (2) assesses how the WO determines awards, (3) evaluates how the WO communicates with external stakeholders, and (4) evaluates IRS's policies and procedures for protecting whistleblowers. Congress should consider providing whistleblowers with legal protections against retaliation from employers. GAO makes ten recommendations to IRS including, tracking dates, strengthening and documenting procedures for award payments and whistleblower protections, and improving external communications.
Download or read book Your Federal Income Tax for Individuals written by United States. Internal Revenue Service and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book IRS Whistleblower Program written by James R. McTigue, Jr. and published by . This book was released on 2016-01-03 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tax whistleblowers who report on the underpayment of taxes by others have helped the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) collect almost $2 billion in additional revenue since 2011, when the first high-dollar claim was paid under the expanded program that pays qualifying whistleblowers a minimum of 15% of the collected proceeds. These revenues help reduce the estimated $450 billion tax gap -- the difference between taxes owed and those paid on time. This report (1) assesses the IRS Whistleblower Office (WO) claim review process; (2) assesses how the WO determines awards; (3) evaluates how the WO communicates with external stakeholders; and (4) evaluates IRS's policies and procedures for protecting whistleblowers. Tables and figures. This is a print on demand report.
Download or read book Whistling Dixie About the IRS Whistleblower Program Thanks to the IRC Confidentiality Restrictions written by Michelle M. Kwon and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Internal Revenue Service has been authorized for many years to pay awards to individuals who blow the whistle on those who do not pay their taxes. But the whistleblower program was underused and ineffective. In 2006, Congress modified the whistleblower program to boost the IRS's authority to pay cash awards to tax whistleblowers. The premise of the article is that Congress did not go far enough in 2006 in light of the confidentiality restrictions in Internal Revenue Code Section 6103. As currently written, Section 6103 essentially prohibits the IRS from disclosing to the whistleblower tax information of the purportedly non-compliant taxpayer upon whom the whistle was blown, which creates at least three problems that the article addresses. The article examines the tension between the confidentiality provisions in Section 6103 and the IRS's whistleblower program and attempts to balance the competing interests of taxpayer privacy and tax administration.
Download or read book Tax Whistleblower written by James R. White and published by . This book was released on 2011-08-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 expanded the IRS's whistleblower program, increasing rewards for submitting info. on others' tax underpayments to up to 30% of collected proceeds. The expanded program targets tax underpayments over $2 million and could reduce the gap between taxes owed and taxes paid. IRS's Whistleblower Office has received over 1,300 submissions qualifying for this new program since 2007. This report assesses: (1) how IRS manages the expanded program; (2) how IRS communicates with whistleblowers and the public; and (3) any lessons from IRS's or other gov't. whistleblower programs that could improve IRS's expanded whistleblower program. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand report.
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Download or read book Whistling dixie about the IRS whistleblower program written by Michelle Kwon and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tax Whistleblower Laws and Programs written by Erika Kelton and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ... provides a comprehensive examination of the laws and regulations that govern the IRS whistleblower program, and the practice that has developed under the program.
Download or read book Paying the IRS Whistleblower written by Karie Davis-Nozemack and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
