Update: The IRS Whistleblower Program

This article continues last month's discusssion with a look at the IRS whislteblower program's success to date, as well as proposed improvements to the program.

16 minute read May 27, 2012 at 02:29 PM

Sharon L. McCarthy

Last month, we began a discussion of the Internal Revenue Service's whistleblower program, which Congress enhanced in 2006 with the amendment of Section 7623 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code) and enactment of the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (the TRHC Act).

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