QUALITY TAX MAN ON DUTY
I never thought I would be so happy as to hear about a new high quality employee at the Internal Revenue Service. For as much we communally complain about the IRS, the new rules for Tax cheats getting caught through whistleblower claims is a reason to sing the IRS praises.
The new director of the IRS Whistleblower Office is Stephen A. Whitlock. Mr. Whitlock will be in charge of designing a program to process whistleblower’s information about tax cheats. It will also provide an “an appropriate reward” to those whistleblowers.
Like I said in a prior Blog. I don’t like paying taxes, so I really don’t like people who don’t pay their taxes. What could be better then turning in some tax cheat and getting paid enough to pay your own taxes with the reward money. Boy, that IRS sure has a lock on the money, don’t they.
As background, Mr. Whitlock has over 27 years in government. He previously headed the IRS Office of Professional Responsibility. In the past he assisted in the anti-fraud programs at the Defense Department. Here Mr. Whitlock will establish a strategy for the program, define the goals for the first years of the program and create an operations guide.
If you want to know more about the IRS Whistleblower Office read the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006. It’s joyful reading. The purpose of the office is to process tips received from individuals who learn about tax cheating in their workplace or anywhere else cheating may be encountered. The reward will be 15% as a floor and 30% as a ceiling of the entire proceeds the IRS collects.
At a personal level I am wondering just how many people the IRS can really investigate. This type of law could lead to a crush of cases; all of them would need to be investigated. I think Mr. Whitlock should put a minimum dollar amount before he institutes a fraud investigation; say $100,000,000.00 in gross revenue. That way the IRS won’t be wasting our tax dollars chasing a tax dodger for $500.00 while paying a government agent $50,000.00
Brian
The new director of the IRS Whistleblower Office is Stephen A. Whitlock. Mr. Whitlock will be in charge of designing a program to process whistleblower’s information about tax cheats. It will also provide an “an appropriate reward” to those whistleblowers.
Like I said in a prior Blog. I don’t like paying taxes, so I really don’t like people who don’t pay their taxes. What could be better then turning in some tax cheat and getting paid enough to pay your own taxes with the reward money. Boy, that IRS sure has a lock on the money, don’t they.
As background, Mr. Whitlock has over 27 years in government. He previously headed the IRS Office of Professional Responsibility. In the past he assisted in the anti-fraud programs at the Defense Department. Here Mr. Whitlock will establish a strategy for the program, define the goals for the first years of the program and create an operations guide.
If you want to know more about the IRS Whistleblower Office read the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006. It’s joyful reading. The purpose of the office is to process tips received from individuals who learn about tax cheating in their workplace or anywhere else cheating may be encountered. The reward will be 15% as a floor and 30% as a ceiling of the entire proceeds the IRS collects.
At a personal level I am wondering just how many people the IRS can really investigate. This type of law could lead to a crush of cases; all of them would need to be investigated. I think Mr. Whitlock should put a minimum dollar amount before he institutes a fraud investigation; say $100,000,000.00 in gross revenue. That way the IRS won’t be wasting our tax dollars chasing a tax dodger for $500.00 while paying a government agent $50,000.00
Brian
