On behalf of the National Whistleblower Center, M2Q is promoting Action 4 of 2024. We are supporting the IRS Whistleblower Program Improvement Act to reform and strengthen the IRS Whistleblower Program.
Presently, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) fails to promptly compensate whistleblowers. As a result, these delays, which the IRS admits are average over 10-years, cause untold hardship to whistleblowers. Consequently, many have lost their jobs and careers. Thus, their only hope for economic survival is the compensation promised under law.
Action 4 of 2024
To help, send this prewritten email template to your Congressional officials, DEMANDING that they pass the IRS Whistleblower Improvement Act. Follow this link to read, Revitalize the IRS Program for more information about the bill.
Since its establishment in 2006, the IRS Whistleblower Program has become an integral part of the IRS’s enforcement efforts. The program, which offers monetary awards and anti-retaliation protections to individuals who report large-scale tax fraud, has allowed the U.S. to recover over $6.6 billion from wealthy tax cheats and corporations non-compliant with tax law.
In recent years, though, the program has been plagued by many issues and its efficacy is waning. Most notably, the program suffers from massive delays and whistleblowers are not remaining anonymous before Tax Court.Â
Specifically, the bipartisan IRS Whistleblower Program Improvement Act addresses these issues and others through six common sense reforms:Â
1. Clarifies a de novo standard of review for Tax Court appeals
2. Incentivizes prompt award disbursal
3. Establishes a presumption of anonymity for whistleblowers
4. Ends the sequestration of whistleblower awards
5. Improves the program’s annual report to Congress
6. Modifies the treatment of attorney’s fees to be in line with other whistleblower programs.
Along with bipartisan support, advocacy groups like the National Whistleblower Center support this bill.Â
A strong IRS Whistleblower Program is undeniably key to closing down the tax gap and holding tax cheats accountable. The IRS Whistleblower Program Improvement Act goes a long way in making this possible.Â
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